Slack, Jane (age 8)

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Maker
Slack, Jane (age 8)
Date made
19th century
Origin
OH (?) US
Stitches
Cross
In Bolton & Co.
No
Foundation Cloth
Linen
Embroidery Thread
Silk
Predominent Motif
Across the top four hillocks with pine trees. At the center a small church with two black birds perched. In the sky 16 black birds. Two cross bands. At the bottom a large flowering plant on L and R, a flowering plant in the center with two white perched birds. A dog on the R and a lion on the L. Reversing trefoil border all four sides. //
Inscription
No Tongue can speak no Pen can well / Express, the punishments prepared for / wickedness, the quickest thought by no / Means can conceive what they shall / Suffer who ungodly live. / The work of Jane Slack finshed in the / Eight year of her age. / There is nothing that more betrays a bad / And ungenerous spirit then the giving of / secret stabs to a Man's Reputation // (Quote from The Spectator, Joseph Addison, 1711)
Length Without Frame
17.68"
Width Without Frame
14.75"
Historical Owner
#7991-1 Gift of Mrs. Robert Graham
Owner
Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, NE
Owner Private
Nebraska State Historical Society