- Maker
- Russel, Angeline
- Date made
- 1837
- Origin
- US
- Stitches
- Cross, Eyelet, Double cross,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: each with 26 letters. Numbers 1-10. Various stitched lines. Across the bottom a wide panel with various motifs including hearts, geometric type trees, flowers and strawberries. Narrow border.
- Inscription
- ngeline Russel Was born APril the 9th 1825 and WroUght these coPies AE 1837 / L. A . R. / A R / The rose is red the grass is green / The days are Past Which I have seen / Here is a letter YOU can haVe / When I am dead and in my graVe / And all by bones are rotten / This YOU can see to remember me / That I may not be forgotten. L . A . R . A R A R //
- Length Without Frame
- 16 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 17 1/2"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1960.9.123 Gift of Mrs. James W. Packard (Elizabeth Gillmer, class of 1894)
- Owner
- Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
- Owner Private
- Vassar College Loeb Art Center