Plain as this canvas was, as plain we find / Unletterd, unadorned, the female mind. / No fine ideas fill the vacant soul, / No graceful colouring animates the whole. / With close attention, carefully inwrought, / Fair education paints the pleasing thought, / Inserts curious lines on proper ground / Completes the work, and scatters roses round. / Eunice Helen Cushman / Done at M Cullens Seminary //

Maker

Cushman, Eunice Helen

Date made

ca. 1830

Origin

CT US

Stitches

Cross

In Bolton & Co.

No Verse 104 Page 269 1805

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

4 alphabets: uppercase script missing the J. Rose motifs, two blue flowers,and two baskets. All done in an inner rectangle with a zig zag border. Outer vine and leaf border all four sides. Done at M Cullens Seminary School

Inscription

Plain as this canvas was, as plain we find / Unletterd, unadorned, the female mind. / No fine ideas fill the vacant soul, / No graceful colouring animates the whole. / With close attention, carefully inwrought, / Fair education paints the pleasing thought, / Inserts curious lines on proper ground / Completes the work, and scatters roses round. / Eunice Helen Cushman / Done at M Cullens Seminary //

Length Without Frame

17 1/4"

Length With Frame

19"

Width Without Frame

16 7/8"

Wdith With Frame

18 1/2"

Original Frame

No

Historical Owner

Inherited

Owner

Private collector

Owner Private

Mrs. John A. Jarvis

Name of School

M. Cullen's Seminary, CT