Dimensions
16.5ins by 12.75ins wide
Circa Date
George IV, dated 1825
Description - ID#18420
1825 'Noon' Sampler by Harriett Frances Davis. Framed in an old wood frame with Tru Vue conservation grade glass. Fixed to card with corrugated plastic backing. The sampler is worked in fine silk on linen ground, in cross stitch and Algerian eye. Meandering floral border. Colours red, green, light brown, black, pink, cream and blue. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and lower case and numbers 1-13.
Verse entitled 'NOON' reads'Fervid on the glitt'ring flood> Now the noon-tide radiance glows:> Drooping o'ver its infant Bud,> Not a dew-drop's left the Rose> By the Brook the shepherd dines,> From the fierce meridian Heat,> shelter'd by the branching Pines,>Pendent o'er his grassy seat> Now the Flock forsakes the Glade,> Where uncheck'd the sun-beams fall> sure to find a pleasing shade,> By the ivy'd Abbey wall>Echo in her airy Round,> O'er the River, Rock, and Hill,> cannot catch a single sound,> Save the clack of yonder Mill.> But from Mountain Dell or stream,> Not a flutt'ring Zephyr springs,> Fearful lest the noon-tide Beam,> Scorch its soft its silken wings> Not a leaf has leave to stir,> Nature's lull'd serene and still,> Quiet e'en the shepherd's cur,> sleeping on the heath-clad Hill.> Languid is the Landscape Round,> Till the fresh descending shower,>Grateful to the thirsty Ground,>Raises ev'ry fainting Flower.> Now the Hill the Hedge is green,> Now the Warller's throat's in tune,> Blithsome is the vernal scene.> Brighten'd by the Beams of Noon!'. The verse is an extract from the poem 'A pastoral in Three parts' by John Cunningham..
Signed and dated 'Harriett Frances Davis Aged 8 Years 1825'.
A few motifs including stags, dogs, fir trees butterflies and flowers.
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