- Maker
- Russell, Amey
- Date made
- 1808
- Origin
- Providence, RI US
- Stitches
- Stem, Outline, Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: some double letters, one with long and short style S. Numbers 1-4, 5-6, 6-10. All stitched in an oval cartouche surrounded by a floral vine border.
- Inscription
- Amey Russell's Work / In thy fair Book of Life devine / My God inscribe this Name / There let it fill some humble place / Beneath the slaughter'd Lambs. / Providence Rhode Isl / and January 19 1808 / Let Virtue be / A guide to thee. //
- Length Without Frame
- 12 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 15"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1920.23.4 Gift of Flora Jarvis in 1920
- Owner
- New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA
- Owner Private
- New Bedford Whaling Museum
