Submit - In this, or any other sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear. / Safe in the hand of one disposing Pow'r, / Or in the natal or the mortal hour, / All Nature is but Art unknown to thee; / All Chance, Deirection which thou canst not see; / All Discord, Harmoony not understood; / All partial Evil, universal good; / And, spite of Pride, in erring Reason's spite, / One truth is clear. WHATEVER IS, IS RIGHT. (Note: From Essay on Man by Alexander Pope (1688-1744). (At the bottom): Ann Lead her Work Finished in the 14th year of her age. 1823. //

Maker

Lead, Ann (age 14)

Date made

1823

Origin

England

Stitches

Cross, Eyelet,

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

1 alphabet: uppercase block 26 letters plus ampersand. Motifs include a row of crowns, flowers, birds, butterflies, baskets of flowers, trees, dogs, a rabbit, small trees. Reversing arcaded honey suckle border all four sides.

Inscription

Submit - In this, or any other sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear. / Safe in the hand of one disposing Pow'r, / Or in the natal or the mortal hour, / All Nature is but Art unknown to thee; / All Chance, Deirection which thou canst not see; / All Discord, Harmoony not understood; / All partial Evil, universal good; / And, spite of Pride, in erring Reason's spite, / One truth is clear. WHATEVER IS, IS RIGHT. (Note: From Essay on Man by Alexander Pope (1688-1744). (At the bottom): Ann Lead her Work Finished in the 14th year of her age. 1823. //

Length Without Frame

16 3/4"

Width Without Frame

12 3/4"

Historical Owner

#1972.0270.001 Gift of Mrs. George Christian

Owner

Nantucket Historical Association, Nantucket, MA

Owner Private

Nantucket Historical Association