- Maker
- Gallyon, Rebecca (age 7)
- Date made
- 1800-1820
- Origin
- England
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Wool
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Pastoral scene at bottom with a shepherdess and sheep. Two tablets in center with religious inscription. Flowers in large basket at top with bird, butterfly and two stags. Border all four sides.
- Inscription
- (On L): Abraham's Blessing on the Gentiles / / II / / HOW large the Promise how Divine / To Abraham and his Seed / I will be a GOD to thee and thine / Supplying all their Need / II The Words of his extensive Love / From Age to Age endure / The Angel of the Covenant Proves / And seals (?) the Blessings sure(?) / (On R): III / JESUS the ancient Faith confirms / To our great Fathers given / He takes young Children to his Arms / And calls them Heirs of Heaven / IV Our GOD how faithful are his Ways / His Love endures the same / Nor from the Promise of his Grace / Blots out his Childrens Name / Rebecca Gallyon Finish'd this Work in the Seventh Year of her Age.
- Length Without Frame
- 19 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 15 1/4"
- Historical Owner
- #1984.331.9 Gift of Barbara Schiff Sinauer
- Owner
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
- Owner Private
- Metropolitan Museum of Art