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Alphabets and numerals followed by "then when Mary was come where Jesus was and saw him she fel down at his feeting saying unto him Lord if thou hadst been here my brother had not died when jesus therefore saw her weeping and the jews also weeping which came with her ? in the spirit and was troubled" followed by floral and religious motifs, lion and crown, then Mary Pearsey Aged 9 the year 1842.

Credit: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer

1842
Medium: wool embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation
1981-28-66
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020

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