- Maker
- Ford, Nabby (age 10)
- Date made
- 1799
- Origin
- Portland, ME US
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets: 26 letters. Numbers 1-14. All done in a saw tooth center panel with verse. At top a draped cascade of flowers with a bird on each side. Vase at L and R bottom with flowers rising to the top ending with a bow at the center top. Floral spray across the bottom.
- Inscription
- N A B B Y F O R D WAS / B O R N OCT th 29 1789 / AE 10 years Portland * 1799 / Trancient fickle light and gay / Flattering only to betray / What alass can life contain / Life's like all its circles vain. / When our work of life is past / O! receive us then at last: / Labour then will all be o'er / Night of Sin will be no more. //
- Length Without Frame
- 22"
- Width Without Frame
- 17"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1960.167.001
- Owner
- The American Museum in Britain, Bath, UK
- Owner Private
- The American Museum in Britain