- Maker
- Stoddard, Frances Anna (age 11)
- Date made
- 1831
- Origin
- Cohasset, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: uppercase script missing the J. One ampersand. Simple stitched lines and several large cross bands. Inner rose and leaf border meets at top and bottom center with a bow. Outer scroll border all four sides.
- Inscription
- This canvass emblem of the female mind / Unlettered unadorned how plain we find / Tis education fills the vacant ground / Improves the whole and scatters beauties round / / Frances Anna Stoddard aged 11 / 1831 (Note: see also 3743 done at the same school).
- Length Without Frame
- 16 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 17 1/2"
- Historical Owner
- #1990.001.365
- Owner
- Cohasset Historical Society, Cohasset, MA
- Owner Private
- Cohasset Historical Society