- Maker
- Short, Elizabeth
- Date made
- 1807
- Origin
- England
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk, and/or Wool
- Predominent Motif
- Female figure with a dog stands in the lower center flanked by baskets of flowers. Small trees, stags and bird motifs. Geometric border all four sides.
- Inscription
- (On L): LORD tis a pleasant thing / to stand in gardens planted / by thy hand let me within / thy courts be seen like a / young cedar fresh and green / there grow thy saints in / and love blest with / thy influence from above / (On R): time that doth all things / else impair still makes / them flourish strong and / fair laden with fruits / if are they shew the / LORD is holy just and / true none that atted his / gates shall find a GOD / unfaithfull or unkind // (Below L): Eliz Short (Below R): December 28th / 1817 //
- Length Without Frame
- 14 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 17 1/2"
- Historical Owner
- #2005.1.1 Gift of William H. and Myra M. Mathers
- Owner
- Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
- Owner Private
- Vassar College Loeb Art Center
