Filial Love
1800-1840
Physical Qualities
Linen or cotton ground, silk embroidery threads, 18 7/8 x 15 7/8 in. (47.9 x 40.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Francis White, from the Collection of Mrs. Miles White, Jr.
Object Number
1973.76.342
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1973; Nancy Brewster (Mrs. Frances White) by inheritance; Virginia Purviance Bonsal (Mrs. Miles White, Jr.).
Susan Cumins, "Period Needlework in America 1739-1865," Exhibition circulated to Arundel Center, Annapolis; Cecil County Public Library, Elkton; City Hall Museum and Cultural Center, Salisbury; The Museum in the Mall, Columbia; St. Mary's County Memorial Library, Leonardtown; St. Timothy's School, Stevenson; Washington College, Chestertown; 1978.
Susan Cumins,"Period Needlework in America, 1739-1865," The Baltimore Museum of Art, n.p., #27.
Inscribed: "Filial Love" "Filial Devotion dear the tie/ That binds the parent to the child/ Tis from affection's rich supply/ The streams of bliss flow undefiled/ What youthful mind loves not to dwell/ On deeds which care parental prove What child whose bosom doth not swell With gratitude and Filial Love"
