Disdain to tell a lie Speak evil of none / MORAL PRECEPTS / As you value the approbation of Heaven, or / the esteem of the world, cultivate the love of / virtue / Jesus permit thy gracious Name to stand, / As the first Efforts of an infant hand, / And while her Fingers on the canvas move, / Engage her tender thoughts to seek thy love, / With thy dear Children let her have a part, / And wite thy Name thyself upon her heart, / Prepare for thyself, by the purity of thy man- / ners, and thy love of virtue, a place in the hap- / py seats of peace. / GOd is love He is good/ (In a cartouche at the center bottom): Caroline Arnold, / Aged 13, work'd in / Yetminster School, / August 12 1809 //

Maker

Arnold, Caroline (age 13)

Date made

1809

Origin

Yetminster, Dorset, England

Stitches

Cross

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Cotton

Predominent Motif

Swag across top. Various cross bands. At the bottom small flowers at lower L and R on either side of name. Three borders: inner arcaded border with small flowers.

Inscription

Disdain to tell a lie Speak evil of none / MORAL PRECEPTS / As you value the approbation of Heaven, or / the esteem of the world, cultivate the love of / virtue / Jesus permit thy gracious Name to stand, / As the first Efforts of an infant hand, / And while her Fingers on the canvas move, / Engage her tender thoughts to seek thy love, / With thy dear Children let her have a part, / And wite thy Name thyself upon her heart, / Prepare for thyself, by the purity of thy man- / ners, and thy love of virtue, a place in the hap- / py seats of peace. / GOd is love He is good/ (In a cartouche at the center bottom): Caroline Arnold, / Aged 13, work'd in / Yetminster School, / August 12 1809 //

Length Without Frame

15"

Width Without Frame

11"

Original Frame

Unframed

Historical Owner

SC 1968:30-38 Gift of Caroline Roberta Wing, class of 1896.

Owner

Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA

Owner Private

Smith College Museum of Art