- Maker
- Reeves, Margarett (age 8)
- Date made
- 1826
- Origin
- Hammersmith, London, England
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets: upper and lower case. Numbers and Roman numerals. Wide and narrow cross bands. No border.
- Inscription
- Come let us walk abroad and see / The conduct of the active bee / No time it wastes in idle play / But labours for a future day / So may I learn with equal skill / My daily duties to fulf'l / And all my leisure hours engage / Iin laying up for riper age. / Whatever work we have to do / sjpi;d mever be de;aued / Becaise tje ma,e excises tpp / Tp-morrow will be made / (Across the bottom): Margarett Reeves finished this work may the tenth aged 8 years born at Hammersmith, Middlex
- Length Without Frame
- 6"
- Width Without Frame
- 18"
- Historical Owner
- #1997.7.10 Martha Clawson Reed Collection
- Owner
- Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
- Owner Private
- Vassar College Loeb Art Center