- Maker
- Canon, Margaret Jane B.
- Date made
- ca. 1830
- Origin
- Rutherford Cnty, TN (?) US
- Stitches
- Cross, Eyelet, Double cross.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 4 alphabets: Uppercase script has no J and X is after M (spacing issue). Uppercase block has q not Q. Lowercase has both long and short. Various stitched lines. Verse is in a leaf and vine cartouche.
- Inscription
- (At top): Amidst the follies of mankind / / (At bottom half): O Happiness celestial fair / Our earliest hopes our latest care / O hear our fond request / Vouchsafe reluctant Nymph to tell. / On what sweet spot thou dweleth / And make us truly blest. / Margaret Jane B. Canon Born May 4 1819 / Let Plain embellishment be mine
- Length Without Frame
- 17 3/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 21 1/2"
- Historical Owner
- #2002-20
- Owner
- Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, VA
- Owner Private
- Colonial Williamsburg
