Circa 1810 Sampler by Ann Clark. Unframed. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in cross stitch throughout. Meandering strawberry border. Colours blue, green, purple and peach. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and lower case and numbers 1-12.
Verse entitled 'CHILDHOOD' reads
'CHILDHOOD happieft ftage of life>Free from care and free from ftrife>Free from memoryf ruthleff reign>Fraught With fcenef of former pain>Free from fancyf cruel fkill>Fabricating future ill>Time When all that meetf the VieW>All can charm for ???? New>How thY long loft hourf I mourn>never never to return'
other verses read
'REMEMBER now thY Creator in the>dayf of thY Youth While the evil dayf>come not nor the yearf draw nigh When>thou fhalt faY I haVe no pleafure in them'
and
'Be Wife O>daY tif madneff>to defer'
and
'The fear of>the Lord if the>beginning of Wif->dom'. Signed 'Ann.Clark Aged 9 Yearf.'
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Dimensions
16.5ins by 12.5ins wide
Circa Date
Circa 1810
Description
Circa 1810 Sampler by Ann Clark. Unframed. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in cross stitch throughout. Meandering strawberry border. Colours blue, green, purple and peach. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and lower case and numbers 1-12.
Verse entitled 'CHILDHOOD' reads
'CHILDHOOD happieft ftage of life>Free from care and free from ftrife>Free from memoryf ruthleff reign>Fraught With fcenef of former pain>Free from fancyf cruel fkill>Fabricating future ill>Time When all that meetf the VieW>All can charm for ???? New>How thY long loft hourf I mourn>never never to return'
other verses read
'REMEMBER now thY Creator in the>dayf of thY Youth While the evil dayf>come not nor the yearf draw nigh When>thou fhalt faY I haVe no pleafure in them'
and
'Be Wife O>daY tif madneff>to defer'
and
'The fear of>the Lord if the>beginning of Wif->dom'. Signed 'Ann.Clark Aged 9 Yearf.'
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