Woollen tammy cloth embroidered with red silk in cross stitch. On a cotton backing.
34cm x 34cm
13 1/4" x 13 1/4"
A very small scale outer border with an inner border of repeating bud and leaf pattern.
At the top a decorative upper case alphabet, a dividing narrow band, a small lower case alphabet.
Beneath the alphabets the inscription "The Dying Christian To His Soul"
"Vital spark of heavenly flame/ Quit,oh quit this mortal frame/Trembling, hoping, flying/O the pain, the bliss of dying/Cease fond Nature, cease thy strife/And let me languish into life.
Hark! they whisper, angels say/Sister spirit, come away/What is this absorbs me quite/Steals my senses, shuts my sight/Drowns my spirit, draws my breath/Tell me, my soul, can this be death.
The world recedes, it disappears/Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears/with sounds seraphic ring/Lend,lend your wings! I mount! I fly!/O grave! where is thy victory/O death! where is thy sting"
Inscription by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
To either side of the verse are 3 detached floral motifs and elongated flowering trees with each with a perching bird, below is a short repeat pattern band, 7 detached motifs and finally the inscription" Alphington.....Mary Ann Connett May 21st 1869 Aged 12 years.......School.
Mary Jane was probably born in 1856 to John & Mary Connett of Ide in the parish of Alphington, now a suburb of Exeter. A National School opened in Alphington in 1812, followed by a Board School in 1878.
Bought in Devon 1992
Height: 32.5 cm
Width: 32.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2018-01-29) by Butcher, Mr & Mrs
Accession number: T.8-2018
Primary reference Number: 225659
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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