- Maker
- Hickman, Betty (age 11)
- Date made
- 1734
- Origin
- England
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Verse in a center oval with various stitched lines. At the bottom a large figure of a man on L and a woman on R. Between them three children playing with their pet dogs. Elaborate border up both sides with a small sun on the L and three angels across the top the sun on the L and the moon on the R with blue clouds above. Filled in border of flowers and leaves .
- Inscription
- This / place my name shall / ever have / when I am de / ad and in my grave and / ground / worms my body eat than you may / see my name compleat / Betty Hickman / aged eleven years / July the 18 1734 BH / When this you see remember me............WORK / IMPULSE CANNOT BE WITHOUT PATIENCE AND
- Length Without Frame
- 15 3/16"
- Width Without Frame
- 12 9/16"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1960.9.4 Gift of Mrs. James W. Packard (Elizabeth Gillmer, class of 1894)
- Owner
- Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
- Owner Private
- Vassar College Loeb Art Center