(In a saw tooth stitched rectangle): HOPE / When I can read my title clear / To mansions in the skies, / I bid farewell to every fear, / And wipe my weeping eyes. / Let cares like a wild deluge come, / And storms of sorrow fall, / May I but safely reach my home, My GOD, my heaven, my all / (Verse by Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Hymns and Spiritual Songs // (At the bottom of rectangle): Elizabeth Chew . Aged 11 years //

Maker

Chew, Elizabeth (age 11)

Date made

ca. 1800-1850

Origin

US

Stitches

Cross, Satin, Stem,

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Cotton

Predominent Motif

A centered rectangle edged with baskets of flowers, a small tomb, flower motifs, a dog on the L a stag on the R with a basket of flowers at the center. Wide flower and leaf border with a cabbage rose at the center top and a bow at the center bottom.

Inscription

(In a saw tooth stitched rectangle): HOPE / When I can read my title clear / To mansions in the skies, / I bid farewell to every fear, / And wipe my weeping eyes. / Let cares like a wild deluge come, / And storms of sorrow fall, / May I but safely reach my home, My GOD, my heaven, my all / (Verse by Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Hymns and Spiritual Songs // (At the bottom of rectangle): Elizabeth Chew . Aged 11 years //

Historical Owner

#1949.532 Original to Hamilton House, So. Berwick, ME

Bolton & Co. Page

Verse #473 Page 314 by Rev.Isaac Watts Book 11, Hymn LXV.

Owner

Historic New England, Haverhill, MA

Owner Private

Historic New England