Autumn / Crowned with the sickle and the wheaten sheaf / While Autumn ?edding oer the yellow plain, / Comes jovial on, think, oh grateful thick, / How good the God of harvest is to you, / Who pours abundance o'eryour flowing fields , While those unhappy partners of your kind, / Wide hover round you like the f of heaven / And aid their humble dole / (one of four)

Maker

Smyth, G.

Date made

1796

Origin

Unknown

Stitches

Cross

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Wool

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

A poem about the autumn season - (one of four) done in an undulating cartouche.

Inscription

Autumn / Crowned with the sickle and the wheaten sheaf / While Autumn ?edding oer the yellow plain, / Comes jovial on, think, oh grateful thick, / How good the God of harvest is to you, / Who pours abundance o'eryour flowing fields , While those unhappy partners of your kind, / Wide hover round you like the f of heaven / And aid their humble dole / (one of four)

Length Without Frame

10 5/8"

Width Without Frame

8 7/8"

Historical Owner

#1997.7.5 Martha Clawson Reed Collection

Owner

Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY

Owner Private

Vassar College Loeb Art Center