- Maker
- Agee, Mary Le Page (age 12)
- Date made
- 1823
- Origin
- Lannee, France
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Cotton
- Predominent Motif
- House in center bottom with a lawn with many animals. A figure of a man on one side of the house and a woman on the other. Trees, birds, and basket of flowers above the house. Urns filled with carnations on either side of basket. Verse in a simple cartouche with star and floral motifs on L and R. Beautiful border all 4 sides.
- Inscription
- Quand le voiz ces belles campagnes / Cez prez peintz de mille couteurs / Cez vallons, ces hautes montagres / Cez paterres femes de fleurs; / De mille fleur sa main couronne / Laimalle retour du printemps / De cent delicieux presents, / Eile enricht l'automme. / / Fait de par Mary Le Page Agee / Dc 12 Ans Lannee 1823 / (Translation): When I see these beautiful countries, / These valleys, these high mountains, / These beds femes of flowers, / Of thousands of flowers its hand crowns, / Laimalle return of spring / Of hundred delicious presents, / It enriches autumn. / / / Made by Mary Le Page Agee / At 12 years Lannee 1823 //
- Length Without Frame
- 24"
- Length With Frame
- 26"
- Width Without Frame
- 30"
- Wdith With Frame
- 32"
- Original Frame
- No
- Historical Owner
- Gift of the Augusta Town Commitee.
- Owner
- NSCDA Andrew Low House, Savannah, GA
