Plain as this canvass was as plain we find / Unaltered unadorn.d the female mind / No fine ideas fill the vacant soul / No graceful coloring animates the whole / With close attention carefully inwrought / Fain education Paints the Pleasing thought / Inserts the curious lines in ProPer ground / Completes the work and scatters roses round / (at center bottom): Rebecca Huse of HoPkinton Aged 16 yrs / Wrought this November the 2 1827 Under the / Instruction of Miss M. Hoyt //

Maker

Huse, Rebecca (age 16)

Date made

1827

Origin

Hopkinton, NH US

Stitches

Detatched Chain, Straight, Rococco, Hem, Satin, French Knots, Chain, Outline.

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

3 alphabets: each complete. Numbers 1-9. Flower motifs and one bird. Verse done in a large saw tooth cartouche surrounded by floral sprays of pansies, roses and grapes.

Inscription

Plain as this canvass was as plain we find / Unaltered unadorn.d the female mind / No fine ideas fill the vacant soul / No graceful coloring animates the whole / With close attention carefully inwrought / Fain education Paints the Pleasing thought / Inserts the curious lines in ProPer ground / Completes the work and scatters roses round / (at center bottom): Rebecca Huse of HoPkinton Aged 16 yrs / Wrought this November the 2 1827 Under the / Instruction of Miss M. Hoyt //

Length Without Frame

16.5"

Width Without Frame

17.8"

Historical Owner

#1945.17.02 Gift of Marie E. Blanchard

Owner

New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, NH

Owner Private

New Hampshire Historical Society

Name of School

Miss. M. Hoyt, Hopkinton, NH