- Maker
- Dunbar, Cynthia or Louisa
- Date made
- 1805-1810
- Origin
- (Bridgewater?), MA US
- Stitches
- Long and Short,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Silk
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- A girl stands beside a tall tomb with an obelisk on top. She is dressed in a long gown and holds one end of a long black ribbon to her cheek. Small plants are in the foreground and a tall weeping willow hangs over the scene. Face and arms are painted. (May have been worked at Bridgewater Academy by Cynthia or Louisa who were daughters of Asa Dunbar. He was the maternal grandfather of Henry Thoreau).
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY / of the REV ASA DUNBAR / Born June 16, 1745 / Died June 22, 1787 / AE XLII / There is rest in / HEAVEN //
- Length Without Frame
- 16.75"
- Width Without Frame
- 13.5"
- Historical Owner
- #T1100 Gift of Cummings E. Davis 1886
- Owner
- Concord Museum, Concord, MA
- Owner Private
- Concord Museum
- Name of School
- Bridgewater Academy, Bridgewater, MA (?)
