IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 225707 accession number: T.38-2018 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Wednesday 21 November 2018 updated: Thursday 28 November 2019 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Woollen (?) ground, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross stitch. 34cm x42.5cm 13 3/8" x 16 3/4" Narrow repeat froming border . Upper section symmetrically worked traditional motifs flanking a central flower poy above a narrow repeat band. Beneath is a cartouche with an inscription: "Sweet is sleep to tired nature,/Sweet to labour is repose,/ Sweet is life to every creature,/ Sweet the balm that hope bestows./ But through spring, and evening's breezes,/Sweet, and hope, and life, to me/ All are pleasant, nothing pleases,/ Jesus! like a smile from thee! These are the final lines of "Spring" by the Rev. Dr. William Bego Collyer (1782-1854) a distiguished Non-Conformist , Congregationalist, minister. In the 19th ccentury such hymns were added as a supplement to those of Dr. Isaac Watts. A strawberry repeat band separates the verse from the depiction of a house and garden with tree, dogs, perching birds and a bird and butterfly detached motifs.. At the bottom is the inscription: " Emma Hambly Aged eight Years July 30th 1842" title: sampler LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Butcher Collection STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225707 CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ CREATORS -------- maker: Emma Hambly DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 34 dimension: Width units: cm value: 41.8