On an Active Life / Happy he the only happy Man / Who out of choice does all the good he can / Who Business love and others Better make / By prudent Industry and Pains he take / Gods Blessing here he'll have and Mans Esteem / And when he dies his works will follow him / Maria Holloway 1819 / in her 9th year.

Maker

Holloway, Maria (age 9)

Date made

1819

Origin

England

In Bolton & Co.

No

Predominent Motif

Sampler

Inscription

On an Active Life / Happy he the only happy Man / Who out of choice does all the good he can / Who Business love and others Better make / By prudent Industry and Pains he take / Gods Blessing here he'll have and Mans Esteem / And when he dies his works will follow him / Maria Holloway 1819 / in her 9th year.

Length Without Frame

13"

Width Without Frame

13 1/16"

Original Frame

Unframed

Historical Owner

#1960.9.68 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