- Maker
- Labdon, Elizabeth (age 10)
- Date made
- 1834
- Origin
- England
- Stitches
- Cross, Double running, Satin, Tent
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Wool
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- At the top a two story building set on a green lawn with grazing animals and a small pond with water fowl in front. A dog, a tree and a stag on both sides and birds flying in the sky. At the center bottom Adam and Eve stand beneath a large tree filled with apples, a snake twined around the trunk. Small trees, urns and baskets with flowers, birds and butterflies fill the sides. Reversing arcaded flower and acorn border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Have not Eve and Adam taught us, / Their sad Profit to compute, / To what dismal State they brought us, / When they stole forbidden Fruit // (At the bottom): 1834 ELIZABETH LABDON Aged 10 years //
- Length Without Frame
- 16 3/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 12 13/16"
- Historical Owner
- #35.729 Gift of Miss Kate Wilson
- Owner
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
- Owner Private
- Museum of Fine Arts
