- Maker
- Ingraham, Peggy
- Date made
- ca. 1790
- Origin
- Bristol, RI US
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 1 alphabet: 26 letters & ampersand, U and V transposed. House at bottom with male and female figures beside. In background other figures and a large tree in the center. All this done in a rectangle with a cartouche at the bottom, a floral vine up both sides and two peacocks at the top. Black background is unfinished.
- Inscription
- Let Virture Be A Guide To Me / / Peggy Ingraham Born / May 18th 1778 Bristol
- Length Without Frame
- 16 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 12 1/2"
- Historical Owner
- #1984..331.12 Gift of Barbara Schiff Sinauer
- Owner
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
- Owner Private
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Name of School
- Mrs. Usher's School (?)
