IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110940 accession number: T.1-2000 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 8 February 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, satin, stem, tent and long filling stitches. A simple honeysuckle meandering border with similar floral bouquets in each corner frames the main body of the sampler which is divided into three sections. The top section is arranged around a central tree with two flowering plants. On one side of the tree a standing male figure, a female figure standing on a hillock and a standing girl are worked. On the other two standing boys with between tem a young seated female holding a bird are worked. The central section comprises a swagged inscribed panel with a flowerpot and a butterfly to either side. The inscription reads ' Next unto God dear parent I address/Myself to you in humble thankfulnes/ For all your Care and Charge on me bestowed /The means of learning unto me allowed/ Go on I pray and let me Still pursue/ Those golden Arts the Vulgar never knew'. The lower section features a central motif of a house and garden with a seated female and a standing male figure on either side. Beneath this design a small panel is inscribed 'Sarah Williamson in the/ 10th Year of her Age 1795'. title: sampler NOTES ----- type: history note value: Worked by the donor’s great great grandmother, of Ely, Cambridgeshire. Probably wife of Edward Peck of Enton Socon LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Miss J.D.W. Eames STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110940 TECHNIQUES ---------- Sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, satin, stem, tent and long filling stitches weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1795 - 1795 creation date earliest: 1795 creation date latest: 1795 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Williamson, Sarah DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 43 dimension: Length units: in value: 16.7/8 dimension: Width units: cm value: 31.2 dimension: Width units: in value: 12.1/8 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Sampled Lives: Samplers from the Fitzwilliam Museum title: Real Families: life in Art CITATIONS -------- Sampled Lives: Samplers from the Fitzwilliam Museum --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_1_2000_1_201702_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 783 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/mid_T_1_2000_1_201702_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 654 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_1_2000_1_201702_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 783 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/preview_T_1_2000_1_201702_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 327 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_1_2000_back_201702_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 779 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/mid_T_1_2000_back_201702_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 657 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_1_2000_back_201702_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 779 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/preview_T_1_2000_back_201702_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 329 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/685/large_T_1_2000_1_201702_kly25_mas.jpg height: 1286 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/685/mid_T_1_2000_1_201702_kly25_mas.jpg height: 628 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/T.1-2000_1_201702_kly25_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/685/preview_T_1_2000_1_201702_kly25_mas.jpg height: 314 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/685/T_1_2000_1_201702_kly25_mas.ptif height: 5899 pixels width: 4696 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/688/large_T_1_2000_2_201702_kly25_mas.jpg height: 1245 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/688/mid_T_1_2000_2_201702_kly25_mas.jpg height: 608 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/T.1-2000_2_201702_kly25_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/688/preview_T_1_2000_2_201702_kly25_mas.jpg height: 304 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/688/T_1_2000_2_201702_kly25_mas.ptif height: 5790 pixels width: 4761 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/629/108/large_T_1_2000_1_201702_kly25_dc1.jpg height: 1365 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/629/108/mid_T_1_2000_1_201702_kly25_dc1.jpg height: 666 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/629/108/T_1_2000_1_201702_kly25_dc1.jpg height: 3212 pixels width: 2410 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/629/108/preview_T_1_2000_1_201702_kly25_dc1.jpg height: 333 pixels width: 250 pixels