- Maker
- Main, Agness
- Date made
- 1847
- Origin
- Canada ?
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- In upper third a two story house with trees, birds and baskets of fruit or flowers on both sides. In the lower two thirds various motifs of peacocks with tail extended, deer, rabbits, dogs, birds, hearts, geometric trees and flowers. Arcaded strawberry and geometric flower border all four sides.
- Inscription
- (At top L): Agness (old style S) (At top R): Main. 1847 (Below the house): O trifle not Your time away / Tho youth is in full bloom / Prepare now for thy dying day / And mind the world to come (On R of verse): R. M / C. M
- Length Without Frame
- 42.5
- Length With Frame
- 48
- Width Without Frame
- 32.5
- Wdith With Frame
- 38
- Original Frame
- No
- Historical Owner
- #975.196.1
- Owner
- Royal BC Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Owner Private
- Royal BC Museum
