- Maker
- Lewis, Lewann
- Date made
- 1817
- Origin
- Philadelphia, PA US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Canvas
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Hugg family register listing four children with a verse below. Two facing birds in a bower at center top with a flower spray on either side. At the bottom two flower motifs. Rose border up both sides.
- Inscription
- The ages of George and Kezia Huggs Children / Marmaduke S Hugg was / born october 25th 1802 / Sarah Ann Hugg was / born June 3rd 1806 / Isaac S Hug was born / 8th of April 1807 / Emily Hugg was born / 2nd of July 1816 / Ere Sin could blight or Sorrow fade / Death came with friendly care / These opening buds to Heaven convey'd / And bade them blossom there / Priscilla S Hugg was born / 9th of october 1810 and / departed this life 22nd / of July 1811 / Charles S Hugg was born / 17th of January 1813 and / departed this Life 8th of / December 1814 / George S Hugg was born / June 15th 1815 and depar / ted this Life August 7th / 1816 Emily Hugg departed this / Life 22nd of September / 1817? / Sweet are the peaceful slumbers of the Just / And guardian angels watch their Sacred dust / Death is to them the richest mercy given / To them the Tomb is but the gate of Heaven / Wrought by Lewann Lewis 1817
- Length Without Frame
- 20"
- Width Without Frame
- 20 1/2"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1969-288-334 Whitman Sampler Collection, gift of Pet, Inc. 1969
- Owner
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
- Owner Private
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
