IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110898 accession number: T.4-1946 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 20 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in stain and cross-stitch. There is a selvedge on both sides and the top and bottom are turned under and stitched. A honeysuckle border and a horizontal repeat floral band divide the sampler into two sections. In the upper section there is a star; angels, flowerpots and birds on either side of the verse 'On Good Friday/ Dear Saviour oh what ails this Heart/Sure tis stone it cannot smart/ We yet relent the death of thee/ Whose death alone could ransom me'. In the lower section symmetrically arranged detached motifs accompany the inscription 'Can I behold thy pains so great/ Thy dying sighs thy bloody sweat/Canst thou pour forth such streams for me/ And I not drop one tear for thee', 'Mary Ann Harley 1817' and a pastoral scene including a house and a windmill. object type: Sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in satin and cross-stitch. A border divides the sampler into two sections both of which contain a verse and detached motifs. title: sampler LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Lady St John Hope STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110898 TECHNIQUES ---------- Sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in stain and cross-stitch. There is a selvedge on both sides and the top and bottom are turned under and stitched. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1817 - 1817 creation date earliest: 1817 creation date latest: 1817 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Harley, Mary Ann DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: in value: 17.1/2 dimension: Width units: in value: 13.1/2 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Samplers CITATIONS -------- Sampler Exhibition in the Octagon --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_4_1946_1_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 811 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/mid_T_4_1946_1_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 631 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_4_1946_1_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 811 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/preview_T_4_1946_1_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 316 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/507/205/large_T_4_1946_1_201607_kly25_mas.jpg height: 1255 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/507/205/mid_T_4_1946_1_201607_kly25_mas.jpg height: 613 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/T.4-1946_1_201607_kly25_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/507/205/preview_T_4_1946_1_201607_kly25_mas.jpg height: 306 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/507/205/T_4_1946_1_201607_kly25_mas.ptif height: 5971 pixels width: 4872 pixels