Delight in Learning Soon doth Bring / a Child to Learn the Hardest Thing / Gay dainty Flowers of Swiftly to decay / Poor wretched Life Short Portion flies away / old Age Steals on us never thought upon / we eat drink we sleep but to anon / See how the Lillies flourish white and fair / see how the Ravens fed from Heaven are / then ne'er distrust thy God for Cloth and Bread / whilst Lillies flourish and the Ravens fed. / Catharine Bond Finished her work in the thirteenth year of her age Dec 11 1797 //

Maker

Bond, Catharine (age 13)

Date made

1797

Origin

England or US

Stitches

Cross, Eyelet

In Bolton & Co.

Yes Page 32 Verse 99, 232, 345

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

1 alphabet: uppercase block missing J. Numbers 1-17. Two wide carnation cross bands and various narrow ones. Motifs of hearts, baskets, animals.

Inscription

Delight in Learning Soon doth Bring / a Child to Learn the Hardest Thing / Gay dainty Flowers of Swiftly to decay / Poor wretched Life Short Portion flies away / old Age Steals on us never thought upon / we eat drink we sleep but to anon / See how the Lillies flourish white and fair / see how the Ravens fed from Heaven are / then ne'er distrust thy God for Cloth and Bread / whilst Lillies flourish and the Ravens fed. / Catharine Bond Finished her work in the thirteenth year of her age Dec 11 1797 //

Length Without Frame

15 3/4"

Width Without Frame

14 1/4"

Historical Owner

#1997.7.59 Martha Clawson Reed Collection

Bolton & Co. Page

32 Verses #99, 232, 345

Owner

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

Owner Private

Vassar College Loeb Art Center