Red, navy blue, green, brown/tan and ivory stitches are in five rows of alphabets and numbers, each row separated by a band of cross stitch in colorful and decorative motifs. A large red multi-story house at lower center is flanked by urns of flowers and a plain cross stitched border. Most colors remain bright, with some fading to tans and greens, a 1/4" area of ground loss at center possibly affecting the W in "While" and some small losses to various navy blue lettering in the verse with overall ground discoloration.

Verse reads:
"O God permit thy gracious name to stand as the first ephod (sic for "effort") of a female hand
And while her hand doth on the canvass move engage her youthful heart to seek thy love".

Signed:
Eliza Pearson Aged 9 1832

The period, wide ogee, molded, stained, wood frame with original surface has ½ inch spots of veneer loss at each lower corner with a gilt rabbet edge and a framing label verso for The Art Shop, Louisville, KY.

Eliza Ann Pearson was born on November 11, 1822, in Nelson County, Kentucky. Her father, John (1786-1870), was thirty-six years old and her mother, Charlotte Anderson Pearson (1792-1860), was thirty. She had seven siblings including twins Sarah (1825-?) and John R. (1825-1887), Columba (1826-1855), Eliza (1828-?), Eugenia (1831-?), Frances (1834-?) and James (1837-?).
Eliza Ann Pearson married William "Billy" Franklin (1822-1904) in either 1845 or January 9, 1852 in Hardin County, Kentucky. They had two children, Benjamin Boyd "Ben" (1852-1933) and William S. (1856-1860).
Eliza Ann Pearson died on November 28, 1912, age ninety, in Grayson County, Kentucky.