IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110704 accession number: T.158-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 17 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Canvas border sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, satin, counted satin, encroaching satin and eyelet stitch. There is a double blue line selvedge on both sides, the top and bottom edges are damaged, and the whole sampler is tacked onto a supporting cotton backing. A carnation repeating border surrounds the whole sampler. There are five horizontal bands with two lines of inscriptions between each. Band one, three and four are repeating floral border patterns. The second band is of three similar flowerpots with perching birds set on small green mounds separated by flowering trees with perching birds, with smaller flowerpots, two detached heart motifs and the initials 'A H'. The fifth bands has a central fruiting tree flanked by crowns and the initials 'G C' stags, fruit baskets with birds and dogs. The inscriptions read 'All You my Friends That now Expect To See A Piece of Work Thus Performed By me/ Cast But A Smile upon my small indever Ile strive To Mind and Be Obedient Ever', 'Then I'll NOT Be proud OF my Youth nor my Beauty sence Both of Them Wither and fade/But Gain a Good name By well Duing my Duty. This will sent Like a Rose When I am dead', ' BLest be the Lord That Sent his Son To take our Flesh and Blood He For our LiVes Gave/UP his own To make our Peace With God. When This You See Remember me Miss Iewel', 'In all Misfortunes this Advantage lies They make us humble and they make us Wise/ Lets bear it calmly Tho' a grievous Woe and still adore The hand that gives the Blow', 'Long Live the King Long LiVe the gracious Queen our grateful Ile PerPetually shall Sing/TransPorted see That She can boast alone the happiest Pair upon the Brightest Throne', 'Let Title Be The name of Thruth This is The Practice of Thy Youth With care ber me/ and court I have This Roat and Finished With a Vurgin Thought. When this you see Remem'. There is a final band inscribed ' Ann Ha Work This In The Fourteenth Year Of Her Age 1762'. object type: Border sampler, canvas, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, satin, counted satin, encroaching satin and eyelet stitch featuring a carnation repeating border, repeating floral border patterns, initials and inscriptions. 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/110704 TECHNIQUES ---------- Woollen border sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, satin, counted satin, encroaching satin and eyelet stitch. There is a double blue line selvedge on both sides, the top and bottom edges are damaged, and the whole sampler is tacked onto a supporting cotton backing. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1762 - 1762 creation date earliest: 1762 creation date latest: 1762 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Hair, Ann DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 46 dimension: Length units: in value: 19 dimension: Width units: cm value: 32.25 dimension: Width units: in value: 13 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam CITATIONS -------- English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam Divine and Moral Songs for Children ---