(In the center): Knowledge fills the Mind with entertaining Views, / and administers to it a perpetual Series of Granfications It gives / Ease to Solitude, fills a peblic Station with suitable / Abilities, and when it is mixed with Complacency it adds / Lusirs to such as are possessed of it / (On L side panel: M On R side panel: S ) (Across the bottom): Grace Clarke Aged 13 Born March 18 1781 //

Maker

Clarke, Grace (age 13)

Date made

1794

Origin

England

Stitches

Cross,

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

Adam and Eve stand beneath the Tree of Knowledge in a field of flowers. Two angels holding a crown fly above. A sun, moon and clouds fill the sky. To the L and R are trees with birds perched atop. At the center bottom is a basket of fruit or flowers with a deer standing on either side. On both L and R are a fruit tree and a flower. In the side panels are eight pointed stars. Reversing arcaded strawberry border all four sides.

Inscription

(In the center): Knowledge fills the Mind with entertaining Views, / and administers to it a perpetual Series of Granfications It gives / Ease to Solitude, fills a peblic Station with suitable / Abilities, and when it is mixed with Complacency it adds / Lusirs to such as are possessed of it / (On L side panel: M On R side panel: S ) (Across the bottom): Grace Clarke Aged 13 Born March 18 1781 //

Length Without Frame

14"

Width Without Frame

12.5"

Historical Owner

#1938.40 Bequest of Miss Kate. S. Buckingham.

Owner

Marblehead Museum, Marblehead, MA

Owner Private

Marblehead Museum