Mary Richardson Is My Name and With My / Needle I Did The Same and If My Skil Had Been / Better I Would Have Mended Every Letter / This Needle Work Of Mine Can Tell When a / Child Is Learned Well By My Parants I Was / Tought Not To Spend My Time For Nought / This I Did In The 12 Yea r Of My AGE 1 7 8 3 //

Maker

Richardson, Mary (age 12)

Date made

1783

Origin

Salem, MA US

Stitches

Cross, Satin,

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

5 alphabets. English pastoral landscape including a standing lady and gentleman at the bottom. Side borders with trees with undulating floral vines. At the top a winged angel head more commonly associated with gravestone carvings. No border.

Inscription

Mary Richardson Is My Name and With My / Needle I Did The Same and If My Skil Had Been / Better I Would Have Mended Every Letter / This Needle Work Of Mine Can Tell When a / Child Is Learned Well By My Parants I Was / Tought Not To Spend My Time For Nought / This I Did In The 12 Yea r Of My AGE 1 7 8 3 //

Length Without Frame

24 1/4"

Width Without Frame

23 1/2"

Original Frame

Unframed

Historical Owner

#123559 Donated by Lucy L. Caller

Owner

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA

Owner Private

Peabody Essex Museum