- Maker
- Cummings, Martha W. (age 11)
- Date made
- 1822
- Origin
- MA ? US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No Verse #104. 1805. Page 269.
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 4 alphabets. Various stitched lines and narrow cross bands. Verse is in a flowered cartouche. Cabbage roses across the bottom. Grape vine border across top and down both sides.
- Inscription
- Plain as this canvas was so plain we find / Unlettered unadornd the female mind / Till education cheers the gloom Profound / DisPens the shades and scatters roses round / (At the bottom): Wrought by Martha W Cummings Aged 11 yrs AD 1822 //
- Length With Frame
- 17"
- Wdith With Frame
- 21 1/4"
- Owner
- J.V. Fletcher Library, Westford, MA
- Owner Private
- J.V. Fletcher Library
