- Maker
- Tyler, Nabby S. (age 14)
- Date made
- 1805
- Origin
- Portland, ME US
- Stitches
- Stem, Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes Page 232 Verse 267
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 story house with trees, and a lawn with a lamb. Rose vine border across top and down both sides.
- Inscription
- Family Decents / Abraham Tyler Born Boxford Oct 4 1767 AE 38 / Hannah Bartlett Born Worcester May 28 1768 AE 37 / They were married January 12 1792 / Nabby S. Tyler Born Boxford June 8 1793 AE 13 / Caroline B. Tyler Born Portland Ap 22 1796 / Osborn X. Tyler Born Portland Oct 9 1798 AE 6 / Phinehas L. Tyler Born Portland Dec. 23 1800 AE 4 / / Happy the maid who privileged by fate / Too shorter labour and a lighter weight / Received but yesterday the gift of breath / Order?d tomorrow to return to death / Wrought by Nabby S. Tyler / in the 14 year of her age / /
- Length Without Frame
- 21 5/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 17 5/16"
- Historical Owner
- #32.405 Bequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 232 Verse 267
- Owner
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
- Owner Private
- Museum of Fine Arts
