IF EVERY MAN'S INTERNAL CARE / WERE WRITTEN ON HIS BROW / HOW MANY WOULD OUR PIY SHARE / WHO RAISE OOUR ENVY NOW / THE FATAL SECRET WHERE REVEAL'D OF EVERY ACHING BREAST / WOULD PROVE THAT ONLY WHILE CONCEAL'D THEIR LOT APPREAR'D THE BEST / Jane Roberts / Dec 13 18 15 Aged / 12 Years //

Maker

Roberts, Jane

Date made

1815

Origin

England

Stitches

Cross,

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Wool

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

1 alphabet: uppercase double letters. Numbers 1-33. Various narrow and wide cross bands. Flowering plants and baskets with flowers. Reversing arcaded strawberry border all for sides.

Inscription

IF EVERY MAN'S INTERNAL CARE / WERE WRITTEN ON HIS BROW / HOW MANY WOULD OUR PIY SHARE / WHO RAISE OOUR ENVY NOW / THE FATAL SECRET WHERE REVEAL'D OF EVERY ACHING BREAST / WOULD PROVE THAT ONLY WHILE CONCEAL'D THEIR LOT APPREAR'D THE BEST / Jane Roberts / Dec 13 18 15 Aged / 12 Years //

Length Without Frame

22 1/8"

Width Without Frame

22 1/8"

Historical Owner

#1997.7.42 Martha Clawson Reed Collection

Owner

Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY

Owner Private

Vassar College Loeb Art Center