- Maker
- Horry, Elizabeth Branford
- Date made
- 1785
- Origin
- US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No Verse 1. #198. 1774. Page 280.
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets: upper and lower case. Numbers 1-10. Cross stitch border all 4 sides.
- Inscription
- Fragrant the Rose is but it / Fades in time The Violet / sweet but quickly past the / prime White Lilles hang th / eir Heads and soon decay / and whiter Snow in minuts / Melts away Such and so w / ithring are our early joys / which Time or Sickness spe / edily destroys / ------------------------------------ Heaven is our Guard and / Innocence its Care Nor ne / ed the lust the worst of / Dangers fear It pities the / defensless poor man's Grief / And sends him when he cal / ls Help and Relief Its Arm / the Surest Succour and the / best Delivers and revenges / th Distressed............. / Elizabeth Branford Horry / April the twenty 6th 1785 //
- Length Without Frame
- 16 3/4"
- Length With Frame
- 17 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 8 1/2"
- Wdith With Frame
- 9 1/2"
- Original Frame
- No
- Historical Owner
- #2004.016 Donated by Elizabeth M. Guerard Wright
- Owner
- The Charleston Museum, Charleston, SC
- Owner Private
- Charleston Museum
