- Maker
- Shefford, Mary Ann (age 8)
- Date made
- 1817
- Origin
- Canada
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets: one unfinished. A large two story building sits in the center of a wide green lawn, a geometric tree on both sides. Arcaded reversing strawberry border all four sides.
- Inscription
- If all mankind would live in mutual love / This world would much resemble that above / Better it is to gain great reputation / than to heap up wealth with trouble and vexation. / Mary Ann Shefford finished this in the eighth year of her age, February / the Fifth, 1817 //
- Length Without Frame
- 35 cm
- Width Without Frame
- 27 cm
- Historical Owner
- #H977.28.36a-b
- Owner
- Museum of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC Canada
- Owner Private
- Museum of Vancouver