- Maker
- Frost, Mary
- Date made
- ca. 1813
- Origin
- Cambridge or Charlestown, MA US
- Stitches
- Satin, Couched Satin, Stem
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Silk
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- A teenage girl weeps at the tomb of her brother, mother and father. A black cloth drapes over the tomb and the girl. A willow tree surrounds the scene and a sparse tree is on the L. Painted water color face on the girl, the background of sky and a landscape with mountains and trees.
- Inscription
- (On the tombstone): SACRED / TO THE MEMORY / OF / JOHN FROST / WHO DIED OCT. 7, 1802, AET 18 / MRS. SUSANNA FROST, / WHO DIED SEPT. 29, 1804, AET 44. / MR. JOHN FROST, / DIED MAY 15, 1812, AET 52. / / In blooming youth, grim death we see, / arrest the son by Heaven's decree; / Still he a dread destroyer proves, / And soon the MOTHER hence removes, / Insatiate archer! Could not this suffice? / Behold! the Orphan's tear, a FATHER dies. (Painted in white on the eglomized glass mat: Mary Frost)
- Length Without Frame
- 20"
- Length With Frame
- 25"
- Width Without Frame
- 17 3/4"
- Wdith With Frame
- 23"
- Original Frame
- Yes
- Historical Owner
- Purchased from the Betty Ring Collection, Sotheby's 2012
- Owner
- Dan & Marty Campanelli
- Owner Private
- Dan & Marty Campanelli
- Name of School
- Hannah Spofford, Charlestown Academy, MA