- Maker
- South, Susanna (age 10)
- Date made
- 1794
- Origin
- England
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Wool
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Verse Sampler. Numbers 1-21. 4 wide cross bands. Diamond motifs. Reversing arcaded carnation border all four sides.
- Inscription
- FRAGRANT THE ROSE IS, BUT IT FAdES IN TIME / The Violet sweet ,but quickly past the prime / White Lilles hang their Heads and soon decay / AND Whiter Snow in minutes Melts away / Such and so withring are our early joys / Which Time or Sickness speedily destroys / FROM STATELY PALACES WE MUST REMOVE / THE NARROW LODSIEST OF A GRAVE TO PROVE / LEAVE THE FAIR TRAIN. AND THE LIGHT GILDED / TO LIE ALONG BENIGHTED IN THE TOMB / GOD ONLY IS IMMORTAL, MAN NOT SO / LIFE , TO BE PAID UPON DEMAND WE OWE / i AM THE RESURRECTION SAITH THE LORD / ETERNAL LISTS THE FIRST OF MY ETERNAL WORD / WHOEVER FIRMLY DOES IN THE BELIEVE / THE GRAVE SHALL NOT CONF?? NOT HELL RECEIVE / NOT ONLY THIS, BUT THOSE THAT WILL RELY / ON WHAT I TEACH SHALL NEVER NEVER DIE / Susanna South Her Work Done In The Tenth Year OF Her Age / In The Year of Our Lord 1794 //
- Length Without Frame
- 14"
- Width Without Frame
- 17 1/4"
- Historical Owner
- #1997.7.81 Martha Clawson Reed Collection
- Owner
- Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NYq
- Owner Private
- Vassar College Loeb Art Center
