A needlework picture worked in wool threads on a linen ground featuring an image of a woman standing within an architectural setting. The figure, dressed in classical garb and long veil and holding a mirror, represents "Prudence" - one of the four cardinal virtues. She stands on a checkered or tile floor before a monument or balustrade ornamented with oval reserves, one of which contains a figure of Hermes worked in dark threads. This is surmounted by a large, elaborate covered urn with gadrooning, and leaf motifs. Behind the urn is a large tree. Beyond the immediate setting is a landscape with a row of trees in the distance. The embroidery is worked in wool threads in multiple colors including burnt orange-red, gold, lt gold, cream, lt. beige, dark blue-green or teal, dark green blue, medium green blue, dark or medium olive green, lt. yellow-green, lt. olive green, lt. yellow green, lt. blue green, dark red orange, lt. orange red, dark brown, medium brown, lt. brown, and off-white. The figure is finely drawn in ink with blue added for the eye. The stitches include long and short, and satin or surface satin as well as some stem or outline. This embroidery is framed in a black and gold frame with a sanded gold mat with oval opening. The frame is possibly older than the work, which is nailed onto the frame back around the sides allowing a lot of excess material to remail on the reverse. The original nail holes from the original mounting can be seen in the remnant of coarse linen backing material that is now stiff and very dusty on the reverse. The piece is on the mount a bit crookedly and the ground is therefore rippled instead of flat. The nails holding the back and work in the frame are old and rusted. The sanded gold oval mat separates at 3, 6, 9, and 12 o'clock (as made).