- Maker
- Unknown
- Date made
- ca. 1815
- Origin
- Boston, MA US
- Stitches
- Tent, Cross, Long, Stem, Whip, Couching
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- A couple dressed in black each stand beside one of two memorial tombs in a wooded glen. A large willow tree on both L and R. Tombs are for a grandmother and grandson.
- Inscription
- (On the L tomb): H S / In memory of Mrs / Hannah smith AE 50 / Nov 27 1813 / weep not ye Dear surviving / friends / for all her pain and sorrows end / she soars ware joy celestial are / to reap an endless harvest there / (On the R tomb): W S H / in memory of (1811) / william s. Humphreys / Feb 24 AE 11 Months / In solemn silence let him lie / Nor dare disturb his rest / Til the archangel rends the sky / And wakes his sleeping dust //
- Length Without Frame
- 19 3/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 21 1/8"
- Historical Owner
- #2008.134 Barbara Notz Hines Memorial Fund, Elizabeth M. Schultz Endowment.
- Owner
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Owner Private
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Name of School
- Mrs. Field's School, Boston, MA
