Summer / See yonder comes the powerful king of day, Rejoicing in the east, and will not man awake / And rising from the bed of sloth, enjoy, / The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, / To meditation due, and sacred song, / For is there aught in sleep can charm the wise, / To lie in dead oblivious loosing half, / The fleeting moments of too short a life. // (one of four)

Maker

Smyth, G.

Date made

1796

Origin

Unknown

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Wool

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

A poem about the season of summer - (one of four) done in an undulating cartouche.

Inscription

Summer / See yonder comes the powerful king of day, Rejoicing in the east, and will not man awake / And rising from the bed of sloth, enjoy, / The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, / To meditation due, and sacred song, / For is there aught in sleep can charm the wise, / To lie in dead oblivious loosing half, / The fleeting moments of too short a life. // (one of four)

Length Without Frame

10 5/8"

Width Without Frame

8 7/8"

Original Frame

Yes

Historical Owner

#1997.7.4 Martha Clawson Reed Collection

Owner

Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY

Owner Private

Vassar College Loeb Art Center