- Maker
- Wilson, Mary
- Date made
- 1695
- Origin
- Unknown
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 1 alphabet: some double letters. No J. Beautiful wide cross bands and several narrow cross bands. White work samples in center. No border.
- Inscription
- (Inscription at top): Sweet children wisdom you invites to hearken tho hur voice / Shee offers to our race delights most worthy of your choice / Eternal blessing in hur wayes you shall be sure to find / Oh therefore in your youthful dayes your great creater mind ///////////// (Inscription at bottom): Young Isaac Who Lift Up / Their Eyes And Meditate in / Fields Young Jacobs Who The / Blessings Prizes This Age But / Sildom Yields Few Samueles / Leaving Their Playes Two / Temple Work Resignd Few / Do As These in Youthful Da / yes Their Great Creator Mind. / Mary Wilson 1693
- Length Without Frame
- 19 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 7 3/8"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1985.179 Roger G. Wolcott Fund
- Owner
- Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
- Owner Private
- Indianapolis Museum of Art
