Elizabeth Tapp
Teach Me to Feel Another’s Woe
1833
Physical Qualities
Linen ground, silk embroidery threads, 13 1/4 x 12 3/4 in. (33.7 x 32.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Gloria B. and Herbert M. Katzenberg Collection
Object Number
2015.132
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2015; Estate of Gloria Katzenberg, Baltimore
Inscribed: Embroidered in light threads outer border: [Alphabet in all caps] "A-Z" [with "J" and "U"] Embroidered in light threads outer border on left side: "VIRTUE'S THE CHIEFEST BEAUTY OF THE MIND" [and right side:] "THE NOBLEST ORNAMENT OF HUMAN KIND" Embroidered at the bottom, [Alphabet in lower case] "a-z" [no "j"] Embroidered in black threads within cartouche: "Teach me to feel another's woe To hide the fault I see, That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me This day be breadk and peace, my lot All else beneath the sun Thou know'st if best bestow'd or not And let thy will be done/ ELIZABETH TAPP April 8th 1833 Colcombe School"
