JESUS Per / mit thy / Gracious / Name to / Stand as / The first / Efforts of / an infants / Hand And while / Her fingers / Oe'r the canv / As move / Engage her Tender / Heart to / Seek thy / Love / (In center): Remember now thy Creator in / The days of thy youth while the / Evil days come not nor the years / Draw nigh when thou shalt say / I have no pleasure in them / Elinor * Louisa * Buckley * Work * Aged * 15 * 1819 //

Maker

Buckley, Elinor Louisa (age 15)

Date made

1819

Origin

VA US

Stitches

Cross

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

Adam and Eve in the center bottom beneath the Tree of Knowledge, birds perched in the tree and the serpent twined around the trunk. Urns of flowers on both sides. Scattered motifs of birds, flowers, angels, crowns. Arcaded strawberry border all four sides.

Inscription

JESUS Per / mit thy / Gracious / Name to / Stand as / The first / Efforts of / an infants / Hand And while / Her fingers / Oe'r the canv / As move / Engage her Tender / Heart to / Seek thy / Love / (In center): Remember now thy Creator in / The days of thy youth while the / Evil days come not nor the years / Draw nigh when thou shalt say / I have no pleasure in them / Elinor * Louisa * Buckley * Work * Aged * 15 * 1819 //

Length Without Frame

42.5cm

Length With Frame

53cm

Width Without Frame

55cm

Wdith With Frame

65cm

Original Frame

Yes

Historical Owner

Gift of Mrs. Elizabeth Hambly.

Owner

Sulgrave Manor, Banbury Oxon, England

Owner Private

Sulgrave Manor