Creating pow'r is all around exprest / The God discover'd and his care confest / Nature's high birth her heav'enly beauties show / By every feature we the parent know / O sacred Solitude I divine retreat / Choice of the prudent, wisdom of the great / By thy pure stream, or in thy waving shade / We court fair wisdom, that celestial maid. / (At the bottom): Sarah Ann Ashbee's Work Finished in the eighth Year of her age May the eleventh A.D. 1816 //

Maker

Ashbee, Sarah Ann (age 8)

Date made

1816

Origin

VA US

Stitches

Cross

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

10 alphabets: done in various sizes and ending with an ampersand. Each missing the J, one with double letters. The U and V transposed in all and some P's are backwards. Various stitched lines and cross bands. Numbers 1-10 done 3 times and 1-14 done once. A large basket of flowers on each side of the verse. At the bottom a row with a deer in the center and a squirrel, cat and dog on each side with a motif between each one. No border.

Inscription

Creating pow'r is all around exprest / The God discover'd and his care confest / Nature's high birth her heav'enly beauties show / By every feature we the parent know / O sacred Solitude I divine retreat / Choice of the prudent, wisdom of the great / By thy pure stream, or in thy waving shade / We court fair wisdom, that celestial maid. / (At the bottom): Sarah Ann Ashbee's Work Finished in the eighth Year of her age May the eleventh A.D. 1816 //

Length Without Frame

15"

Width Without Frame

13 1/2"

Original Frame

Unframed

Historical Owner

#1972.298.M1 Gift of Mr. Allen Jr.

Owner

Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, GA

Owner Private

Atlanta History Center