"Where'er I turn my ravish'd eyes / new scenes of beauty round me rise and my heart exulting glows........" "Be you to others kind and true As you would have other be to you...." (In a center cartouche): Wrought by her ingenuity and industry in the 8th year of her age by my superintendency N.L.

Maker

Kimball, Lydia (age 8)

Date made

1818

Origin

New England, US

Stitches

Satin, Cross

In Bolton & Co.

Yes Page 184 Verse 455, 652

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

3 alphabets. Flower border at bottom, saw tooth border around name.

Inscription

"Where'er I turn my ravish'd eyes / new scenes of beauty round me rise and my heart exulting glows........" "Be you to others kind and true As you would have other be to you...." (In a center cartouche): Wrought by her ingenuity and industry in the 8th year of her age by my superintendency N.L.

Length Without Frame

17.3/4"

Width Without Frame

11"

Historical Owner

#1997.7.52 Martha Clawson Reed Collection

Bolton & Co. Page

184 Verses 455, 652

Owner

Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY

Owner Private

Vassar College Loeb Art Center