- Maker
- Badcock, Caroline (age 13)
- Date made
- 1816
- Origin
- England
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Wool
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- A verse "The Wish". Flower and leaf border all four sides.
- Inscription
- "The Wish / May God Almighty keep from every snare / And be the guardian of the British fair / May joy and peace may riches and content / And the clear conscience of a life well spent / Calm every thought in spirit every grace / Now in each heart and sparkles in each face / May day improve on day and year on year / Without an anxious trouble doubt or fear / May virtue prove their never fading bloom / For mental charms alone survive the tomb / / (In a circular cartouche): Caroline Badcock / Aged 13 years / July 12 1815 //
- Length Without Frame
- 17 7/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 18 1/8"
- Historical Owner
- #1997.7.67 Martha Clawson Reed Collection
- Owner
- Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
- Owner Private
- Vassar College Loeb Art Center