(On L): Beauty is a blossom / That fadeth away / but wisdom is a Pearl / That will never decay. (In center) Elizabeth Martin is my name / Lampeter is my station / heaven is my dwelling Place / and christ is my salvation / When i am dead and in my grave / and all my bones are rotton / When this you see remember me / Least i should be forgotton (On R): On this my father / Lover hath show's / for learning he / on me bestow'd / / / Row of initials.

Maker

Martin, Elizabeth

Date made

1825

Origin

Lampeter, PA US

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

1 alphabet: missing J, with ampersand. Two story brick house with two chimneys and two doors in the center, upper third filled with various flowering motifs, crowns, birds, 8-pointed stars. In lower portion a large centered floral plant flanked by female figures facing each other, arm outstretched holding a bird. They each stand before a hay stack with a bird sitting at the top. A floral vine border all four sides.

Inscription

(On L): Beauty is a blossom / That fadeth away / but wisdom is a Pearl / That will never decay. (In center) Elizabeth Martin is my name / Lampeter is my station / heaven is my dwelling Place / and christ is my salvation / When i am dead and in my grave / and all my bones are rotton / When this you see remember me / Least i should be forgotton (On R): On this my father / Lover hath show's / for learning he / on me bestow'd / / / Row of initials.

Length Without Frame

24 1/4"

Width Without Frame

25 5/8"

Original Frame

Yes

Historical Owner

#85.05 Purchased with funds from the James Hale Steinman Foundation (Part of the Heritage Center Collection)

Owner

Lancaster History, Lancaster, PA