- Maker
- Nye, Rebecca
- Date made
- 1812
- Origin
- Fairhaven, MA US
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 6 alphabets: both uppercase script missing J, 2 with ampersand. Numbers 1-10. Various cross bands. Verse in cartouche in lower third with a cornucopia with flowers on both sides. Border of star shaped flowers in a hexagon with circular flowers between each.
- Inscription
- Wrought by Rebecca Nye Fair Haven Academy 1812 / / Plain as this canvas was, as plain we find, / Unlettered unadorned the female mind. / No fine ideas fill the vacant soul, / No graceful coloring animates the whole. / With close attention carefully inwrought, / Fair education paints the pleasing thought, / Inserts the curious line on proper Ground, / Completes the work and scatters roses round. //
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1999.36.108
- Owner
- New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA
- Owner Private
- New Bedford Whaling Museum
- Name of School
- Fair Haven Academy, Fair Haven, MA
