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Prudence
Public Domain

Susanna Barber and Buckingham School

Prudence

1789

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Prudence

1789

Physical Qualities Linen ground, wool embroidery threads, ink, watercolor(?), 15 1/2 x 13 1/4 x 1 in. (39.4 x 33.7 x 2.5 cm.)
Credit Line Dorothy McIlvain Scott Collection
Object Number 2012.445
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2012; Dorothy McIlvain Scott, Baltimore

Inscribed: Written in pencil by hand on the frame back: "Susanna Barber her Work/done at Buckingham School/ in the Year 1790 and in the ninth/Year of her Age.../Prudence one of the 4 Cardinal virtues" Note: Susanna born 1782 per written label on other needlework in pair.

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