FATHER of light and life Thou GOOD SUPREME / O teach me what is good teach me THYSELF. / Save me from folly vanity or vice. / With Faith with consious Peace and virtue Pure. / God of all world's Source and Supreme of things. / From whom all life from whom duration springs. / Intense O let me for thy glory horn. / Nor fruitless view my days and months return. / Hannah Boadman AE 13

Maker

Boadman, Hannah (age 13)

Date made

1821

Origin

Hartford, CT US

Stitches

Satin, Cross

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk, Chenille

Predominent Motif

2 corner bows with vine draped between over the verse. Landscape at bottom of house and red barn next to a river. A paper steamboat (depiction of the FULTON?) is attached on the river with paper figures of a man & woman on land. Tree and house on R.

Inscription

FATHER of light and life Thou GOOD SUPREME / O teach me what is good teach me THYSELF. / Save me from folly vanity or vice. / With Faith with consious Peace and virtue Pure. / God of all world's Source and Supreme of things. / From whom all life from whom duration springs. / Intense O let me for thy glory horn. / Nor fruitless view my days and months return. / Hannah Boadman AE 13

Length With Frame

28"

Wdith With Frame

33 1/2"

Original Frame

No

Historical Owner

1976.33.0 Gift of William Mason Holmes, Frances Holmes Boothby & Hannah Boardman Holmes.

Owner

Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, CT

Owner Private

Connecticut Historical Society

Name of School

The Patten School (?) CT