When this you see / Remember me. Harriet F. Burr. / This life is not the vale of woe / Which stories Paint in declamation / For countless blossoms round us glow / Which breath the sweetest exhaltation / Then let's enjoy our sunny hours / Nor mourn anticipated gloom / Tis folly to neglect the flowers / Because they may not always bloom / Let fools for rank and honor seek / I envy not their elevation / Ambitions Path is wild and bleak / Content is in an humbler station / May sweet content dear friend be thine / Health friendship and a faithful friend / And never let the dove rePine / Because the eagle soars above her.

Maker

Burr, Harriet F.

Date made

ca. 1800

Origin

New England US

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

2 alphabets: each 26 letters, one ampersand. Urns with flowers and birds at top and bottom. Small border all four sides.

Inscription

When this you see / Remember me. Harriet F. Burr. / This life is not the vale of woe / Which stories Paint in declamation / For countless blossoms round us glow / Which breath the sweetest exhaltation / Then let's enjoy our sunny hours / Nor mourn anticipated gloom / Tis folly to neglect the flowers / Because they may not always bloom / Let fools for rank and honor seek / I envy not their elevation / Ambitions Path is wild and bleak / Content is in an humbler station / May sweet content dear friend be thine / Health friendship and a faithful friend / And never let the dove rePine / Because the eagle soars above her.

Length Without Frame

15 5/8"

Width Without Frame

16"

Original Frame

Unframed

Historical Owner

#357.122.551 Bequest of Mabel Herbert Harper

Owner

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Owner Private

Metropolitan Museum of Art