American mourning embroideries typically included gravesites or monuments, figures dressed in neoclassical garb or draped in black, and low arching willow trees. Inscriptions often provided the name of the deceased, date of death, age, and relationship of the embroiderer, as in this example, which is inscribed, "Sacred to the Mem[or]y of Mrs Olive Reed Obet [sic] April 22 1790 A[g]e 27 by her Daugh[ter] O.R." Prints sometimes served as patterns for these needleworks. A mezzotint, "VIRTUE, Weeping over the Tomb of George Washington, President of the American Congress," may have inspired this embroidery.