(Note: uses both the long and the short S): E C C L E S I A S T E S / CHAPTER XII . Verse 1 / Remember thy creatour in the days of thy youth, while / the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; / Fragrant the rose is but it fades in time; / The Violet Sweet but quickly past the Prime; While Lilies Hang their heads, and soon decay; And whiter Snow in Minutes melts away; Such and so with?ring are our early joys, Which time or sickness speedily destroys. / / (At the bottom): B E T T Y . E V A N S / Aged 9 Years June Y.e 17.th Anno Domini / 1809 //

Maker

Evans, Betty (age 9)

Date made

1809

Origin

US

Stitches

Cross, Stem, Satin

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

At the bottom of a large centered square a man stands beside a bier upon which a male figure lays. The tomb stands in the center of a wooded scene with a tree on each side, a lawn with flowers, a small animal is on the far R. Partial scroll cross bands. A flowing leaf and small flower border all four sides.

Inscription

(Note: uses both the long and the short S): E C C L E S I A S T E S / CHAPTER XII . Verse 1 / Remember thy creatour in the days of thy youth, while / the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; / Fragrant the rose is but it fades in time; / The Violet Sweet but quickly past the Prime; While Lilies Hang their heads, and soon decay; And whiter Snow in Minutes melts away; Such and so with?ring are our early joys, Which time or sickness speedily destroys. / / (At the bottom): B E T T Y . E V A N S / Aged 9 Years June Y.e 17.th Anno Domini / 1809 //

Length Without Frame

17 .5"

Width Without Frame

16.5"

Original Frame

No

Historical Owner

#0000.0956

Owner

Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas

Owner Private

Spencer Art Museum, University of Kansas