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description

Summary

In the upper third, a verse flanked by two butterflies, with a stylized floral border below. The verse reads:

My life is a flower. The

time --- to last its

mixt with frost and shook

with ev'ry blast

In the middle third, a scene with a house, a tree, and birds.

In the lower third, a second verse, with urns of flowers on each side. The verse reads:

Virtues the Chiefest

beauty of the mind the noblest ornament of womankind

Virtues our safeguard and our

guiding star that stirs up reason when our ---

With a curving strawberry border with hearts enclosed in upper corners.

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Date

1804
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Source

Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
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Link

https://www.cooperhewitt.org
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Public Domain

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