- Maker
- Curtis, Elizabeth
- Date made
- 1787
- Origin
- England
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Wool
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Double flower cartouche surrounds verse with a country scene across the bottom with two figures, animals, a house and various trees. Arcaded flower border.
- Inscription
- (On L side): A Hymn / Great God, I own thy / Sentence just And Nature / must decay I yield my Body / to the Dust To dwell with / fellow Clay / 2 / Yet Faith may triumph / o're the Grave, And / trample on the 'Tombs / My Jesus, my Redremer lives / My God my Saviour coms / 3 / The Mighty Conquror / shall appear High on a royal / Seat And Death the last of / all his Foes lie Vanquish'd at his feet. / (On R side): The greedy worms devour / my skin And gnaw my wasting / flesh When God shall build / my bone again He cloaths / them all afresh / 5 / Then shall I see thy Lovely / Face with strong Immortal ZEyes / And feast upon thy Unknown / With Pleasure and surprise / Gloria patri / Now let the Father and the / Son And Spirit be ador d / Where there are works to / make him known Or Saints / to Love the Lord / / (note: this verse uses the old style S (f)........... Eliz. Curtis finish'd May th' 23, 1787
- Length Without Frame
- 16 7 1/6"
- Width Without Frame
- 12 1/8"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1960.9.24 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