- Maker
- Hull, Evelina (age 10)
- Date made
- 1806
- Origin
- Charlestown, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, Tent.
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes Page 176 Verse #695
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 1 alphabet. Vine border with large flowers on both sides and across top. Verse in center. Meandering daisy inner border up both sides and across top. Saw tooth outer border all four sides. Hemstitched edge.
- Inscription
- Let virtue heavenly maid your steps attend / through lifes perplexing scenes your constant friend / While smiling hope will gently point the way / And smooth the path which leads to endless day. / Evelina Hull / AEt. 10 years old
- Length Without Frame
- 16 3/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 16 3/8"
- Historical Owner
- #39.126.2 Gift of Mrs. Joshua Marsden Van Cott, 1939
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 176 Verse 695
- Owner
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
