Mkemon,(?) Sarah (age 13)

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Maker
Mkemon,(?) Sarah (age 13)
Date made
1825
Origin
England
Stitches
Cross,
In Bolton & Co.
No
Predominent Motif
1 alphabet: lowercase Numbers 1-10 and 1-14. Various wide and narrow cross bands including one with lions, one with 14 initials (classmates?), flowers. Reversing arcaded border all four sides.
Inscription
(Near the top): On Mortality / From Stately palaces we must remove / The narrow Lodgings of a Grave to prove / Leave the fair Train and light gilded Room / To lie alone benighted in the Tomb / God only is Immortal Man not so / Life to be paid upon Demand we owe / (At the bottom): Sarah Mcemon (?) his my name & with my Needle Work / the same * and by this work you plainly See the care / my friends they took of me ** Finished * May * 12 * 1825 * Aged 13 //
Owner
Museum of St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK
Owner Private
Museum of St Albans