- Maker
- Dalbiac, Lucy
- Date made
- 1769
- Origin
- England (?)
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, French knots,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Motifs of baskets with flowers, two flying angels, a black bird and a large rose spray surround the verse. Near the bottom a scene with a farmer with a dog and a cow, and a shepherdess with three shaggy sheep. Around the outside on all sides are thirteen individual birds and 14 flower sprays. .
- Inscription
- God of my life, and author of my days, / Permit my feeble voice to lisp thy praise; / And, trembling, take upon a mortal tongue, / That hallow'd name, to harps of seraphs sung. / Teach me to quit this transitory scene, / With decent triumph and a look serene; Teach me to fix my ardent hopes on high, / And, having liv'd to thee, in thee to die. / (note: from An Address to the Deity (ca. 1773) by Anna Laetitia Aikin Barbauld 1743-1826) (At center bottom): Martha Hepworth's / Work, / 1828. //
- Length Without Frame
- 59.5 cm
- Width Without Frame
- 41.5 cm
- Historical Owner
- Purchased
- Owner
- Private collector
- Owner Private
- Laurel Gabel