- Maker
- Noble, Mary (age 11)
- Date made
- 1808
- Origin
- So. Berwick, ME US
- Stitches
- Stem
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes Page 201 Verse 542
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 1 alphabet: uppercase script complete. Vowels AEIOUY. Numbers 1-9. Various cross bands at the top and just below a large basket of flowers with floral sprays extending on both sides. In the lower third a Memorial urn, rose bushes, weeping willows. Modified Greek fret border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Precept may teach, example move / And living pattern, lead to love; / N?or love alone; but imitate / The truly Good and therefore great; / And dost thou pant, dear girl, to find / To best examplar for the mind? /Which n?eer shall lead thy youth astray; / To follow vice in pleasured way, / N?or tempt thy feet to heedless rove / Where Serpent man in ambush sleeps / N?or heed the ruined girl that weeps. / Is this thy wish, my lovely friend, / On Mary?s steps do thou attend, / She leads to Jesus sacred feet / And there is Virtues peaceful seat. / (On the L side extending to the bottom): Mary Noble aged 11 1808 an affectionate child pays this tribute of respect to her father who died 19th June 1808 . Aet 48.
- Length Without Frame
- 24 1/2"
- Length With Frame
- 25 3/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 22 7/8"
- Wdith With Frame
- 24 1/4"
- Historical Owner
- #2004.2172 Gift of John Noble, MD and family
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 201 Verse 542
- Owner
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
- Owner Private
- Museum of Fine Arts