- Maker
- Lyman, Mary
- Date made
- ca. 1804
- Origin
- Hartford, CT US
- Stitches
- Satin, Long and short.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Silk
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Mourning picture: A woman and a small boy lean on either side of a large tomb with two urns on top. A man at L point to the urns. A large weeping willow tree on L overhangs all. Sky and faces are painted.
- Inscription
- M. Lyman OB Oct 23 1807 / S. Lyman Ob June 5 1807 / Leave thy fatherless Children I will / preserve them alive. / For I know that my Redeemer liveth / And though worms destroy this / body yet in my flesh shall I see god / For this mortal must put on immortality. //
- Length With Frame
- 35"
- Wdith With Frame
- 29 3/4"
- Historical Owner
- #1917.284 Gift of estate of John H. Robinson
- Owner
- Historic New England, Haverhill, MA
- Owner Private
- Historic New England
- Name of School
- Lydia Royce School, Hartford, CT