- Maker
- Dennis, Sylvia H. (age 10)
- Date made
- 1827
- Origin
- Charlton (?) US
- Stitches
- Cross, Eyelet, Queen, Back, Gobelin
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Canvas
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: each complete. Numbers 1-10. Various small cross bands. At the bottom a two story house with two chimneys, a large tree and flowering plants on each side. A large basket of flowers on both L and R. Scattered strawberries, an animal and other small motifs. Diamond border across the bottom and a small arcaded flower border across the top and down both sides.
- Inscription
- Jul 30 1827 / / Sylvia H. Dennis Ae 10 Charlton / In memory of James Young Smith who was drowned sept / 7th 1826 / (On L)L Let us be wean'd from all below / Let hope our grief dispel / Death will invite our souls to go / Where our best kindred dwell / MHS (On R): Thy voice great God has called away / A soul that once was here / Silent his tongue and cold his clay / His eye can shed no tear SHD
- Length Without Frame
- 17 3/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 17"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1969-288-153 Whitman Sampler Collection, gift of Pet, Inc. 1969
- Owner
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
- Owner Private
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
