- Maker
- Hood, Content (age 8)
- Date made
- 1810
- Origin
- Lynn (Nahant), MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, Stem,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- A family register done in a saw tooth stitched rectangle. At bottom L & R a cornucopia (see also #4706) done in small squares. Flowers on a vine flow up both sides and across the top.
- Inscription
- FAMILY REGISTER / Abner Hood Born 7 Month 26 1733 / Kezia Breed Born 8 Month 14 1750 / They were Married 6 Month 11 1784 / Abner Hood Born 4 Month 1 1784 / Richard Hood Born 3 Month 13 1786 / Theodate Hood Born 3 Month 23 1787 / Benjamin U(?)Ebenezer Hood Born 4 Month 1790 / Content Hood Born 12 Month 21 1792 / On the rude rooks which bound Nahant Isle / See the foaming billow heave its breast / And rages and sparkels for a while / And murmuring then subsides to rest / Thus man the sport of bliss and care / Rises on times eventful sea / And having swelld a moment there / Thus melts into eternity / Wrought by Content Hood 1810 //
- Length Without Frame
- 22"
- Width Without Frame
- 17"
- Historical Owner
- #5036
- Owner
- Lynn Museum, Lynn, MA
- Owner Private
- Lynn Museum
