Dimensions
12.5ins high by 11.5ins wide
Circa Date
George III, dated 1761
Description - ID#18967
1761 Verse and Prayer Sampler by Mary Ann Colville. Framed in an old wood frame with rippled, old glass. Fixed to brown paper with wood backing. The sampler is worked in silk linen ground, in a variety of stitches. Meandering floral border. Colours greens, cream, red, pink, blues and gold. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and numbers 1-10 Verses read, 'Lord of this lower World frail Man was made, The Creatures>all to him their Homage paid: But when for Sin God did him once>condemn, he's neither Mafter of himself, nor them.' and 'Our Father,>which art in heaven;>hallowed be thy Name thy>Kingdom come thy will be>done on earth, as it is heaven.>Give us this day our daily bread>And forgive us our trefpaffes, as>we forgive them that trefpaff>against us. And lead us not into>temptation, but deliver us from>evil> For thine is the Kingdom,>and the Power and Glory>for ever Amen' and 'Gay, dainty Flowers go fwiftly to Decay, Poor wretched Life's>fhort Portion flies away.We eat we drink, we fleep, but lo anon,>Old Age fteals on us, never thought upon'. Signed and dated 'Mary Ann Colvill her Work 1761'. A good set of motifs, some finely embroidered, including flowers and crowns
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