IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110669 accession number: T.123-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 20 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch. All the edges are turned under and stitched. The sampler comprises of horizontal bands of narrow border patterns, crowns and the initials 'GR', and alphabet and two short verses which read "A Prudent Woman ALL her time ImPLOYs / thAt tends to wisdom not in tALK & tOYS / I AM but YOUNG In Art And cannot shoo such / Work As I unto Your GOObness OW Yet be / PLeASed to SmiLe UPon my smaLL indeAVOUR / I WILL Strive to mend & be Obedient ever / ThIS WORK WAS done in the seventh year / OF his mAIeSties ReiGn BY me ELISAbeth / DAVeY FebrUAry the 16 1721 Being In / The ninth Year OF MY AGE LASt midsummer / WILLIAM DAVeY And ELISAbeth DAVeY are MY Father And Mothers name they GAVe / me LeARninG to WOrk the same IAne IS / SUCHeR IS my GObmothers name eS As AS object type: Sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch. All the edges are turned under and stitched. The sampler comprises of horizontal bands of border patterns, crowns, initials, and alphabet and two short verses . title: sampler LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: J. W. L. Glaisher creditline: Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110669 TECHNIQUES ---------- Sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch. All the edges are turned under and stitched. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1721 - 1721 creation date earliest: 1721 creation date latest: 1721 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Davey, elizabeth DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: in value: 10.1/4 dimension: Width units: in value: 8 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Samplers title: Sampled Lives: Samplers from the Fitzwilliam Museum CITATIONS -------- Sampler Exhibition in the Octagon Sampled Lives: Samplers from the Fitzwilliam Museum --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_123_1928_1_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 863 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/mid_T_123_1928_1_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 593 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_123_1928_1_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 863 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/preview_T_123_1928_1_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 297 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_123_1928_2_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 680 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/mid_T_123_1928_2_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 332 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_123_1928_2_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 680 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/preview_T_123_1928_2_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 166 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/819/large_T_123_1928_1_201607_kly25_mas.jpg height: 1328 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/819/mid_T_123_1928_1_201607_kly25_mas.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/T.123-1928_1_201607_kly25_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/819/preview_T_123_1928_1_201607_kly25_mas.jpg height: 324 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/819/T_123_1928_1_201607_kly25_mas.ptif height: 6320 pixels width: 4872 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/824/large_T_123_1928_2_201607_kly25_mas.jpg height: 680 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/824/mid_T_123_1928_2_201607_kly25_mas.jpg height: 332 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/T.123-1928_2_201607_kly25_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/824/preview_T_123_1928_2_201607_kly25_mas.jpg height: 166 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/824/T_123_1928_2_201607_kly25_mas.ptif height: 4311 pixels width: 6496 pixels