- Maker
- Soutter, Margaret (age 6)
- Date made
- 1813
- Origin
- Norfolk, VA US
- Stitches
- Petit Point, French Knot, other.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets: one with an ampersand. Numbers 1-24. Two houses with 4 chimneys each, fence. 2 adults and 1 child stand under a tree at the bottom. Acorn border across top and down both sides.
- Inscription
- (In the center): While beauty and pleasure are now in their prime / And folly and fashion expect our whole time / Oh let not those Phantoms our wishes engage / Let us live so in youth that we blush not in age / / / Tho the vain and the gay may attend us a while, / Yet let not their flattery our prudence beguile; / Let us covet those charms that will never decay, / Nor listen to all the deceivers can say. / / I sigh not for beauty or languish for wealth / But grant me kind Providence virtue and health / Then richer than kings, and as happy as they / My days shall pass sweetly and swiftly away // Margaret Soutter age 6 1813 //
- Length Without Frame
- 17 1/2"
- Length With Frame
- 18 3/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 16 1/2"
- Wdith With Frame
- 18"
- Original Frame
- Yes
- Historical Owner
- Inherited
- Owner
- Private collector
- Owner Private
- Mrs. Thomas B. Battle
