- Maker
- Wing, Ann (age 13)
- Date made
- 1739
- Origin
- Boston, MA US
- Stitches
- Reversing Cross, Eyelet, Satin, Couching, Herringbone, Running and Speckling
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes Page 87 Verse (var) 8, 187, 490
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 1 alphabet: uppercase block missing both the J and the U. One wide cross band near the top with various stitched lines throughout. Motifs of flowers, birds, leaves, trees and small animals. Arcaded border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Ann Wing is my name and New England is my nation / Boston is my Dwelling place and Christ is my Salvation / When I am dead and all my bones are rotten When this / you see Remember me and never let me be forgotten (In the center): A W / Wrought This / Aed thirteen / 1739 (Near the bottom): One did commend me to a Wife Fair and Young / That had French Spanish and Italian tongue / I thankd him kindly and told him I loved none such / For I thought one tongue For a Wife too Much / What love ye not the Larned Yes, as my Life / A Learned Schollar, but not a Larned Wife. / /
- Length Without Frame
- 12 3/16"
- Width Without Frame
- 7 7/8"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #77.150 Gift of Dr. W.W. Morland
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 87 Verses (var) 8, 187, 490
- Owner
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
- Owner Private
- Museum of Fine Arts
