1802 Verse Sampler by Mary Cook. Framed in an old wood frame with rippled, old glass. Stitched to linen with wood and brown paper backing. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in a variety of stitches including Algerian eye. Meandering floral border. Colours pink, cream, yellow, green, purple and brown. Verses read 'Grant me great God a heart to thee inclin'd> Increase my faith and rectify my mind> Teach me betimes to tread thy sacred ways> And to thy service consecrate my days> Still as through lifes uncertain maze I Stray> Be thou the guiding star to mark my way> Conduct the steps of my unguarded youth> And point their motions to the paths of truth.> Protect me by thy providential care> And teach my soul to avoid the tempter's snare.> Through every turn of his inconstant state> Preserve my temper equal and sedate.> Be my religion such as taught by thee> Alike from pride and superstition free.> Inform my judgment rectify my will> Confirm my reason and my passions still.> To gain thy favour be my only end> And to that scope may every action tend.' and 'For favors done who base returns can bear> Yet to kind Heaven all ungraceful are'. Signed and dated 'Mary Cook her Work March 11th 1802'. A scattering of motifs, including birds, a dog, squirrels, fir trees, crowns, fleurs de lis and flowers.
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Dimensions
12.5 ins by 10 ins wide
Circa Date
George III, dated 1802
Description
1802 Verse Sampler by Mary Cook. Framed in an old wood frame with rippled, old glass. Stitched to linen with wood and brown paper backing. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in a variety of stitches including Algerian eye. Meandering floral border. Colours pink, cream, yellow, green, purple and brown. Verses read 'Grant me great God a heart to thee inclin'd> Increase my faith and rectify my mind> Teach me betimes to tread thy sacred ways> And to thy service consecrate my days> Still as through lifes uncertain maze I Stray> Be thou the guiding star to mark my way> Conduct the steps of my unguarded youth> And point their motions to the paths of truth.> Protect me by thy providential care> And teach my soul to avoid the tempter's snare.> Through every turn of his inconstant state> Preserve my temper equal and sedate.> Be my religion such as taught by thee> Alike from pride and superstition free.> Inform my judgment rectify my will> Confirm my reason and my passions still.> To gain thy favour be my only end> And to that scope may every action tend.' and 'For favors done who base returns can bear> Yet to kind Heaven all ungraceful are'. Signed and dated 'Mary Cook her Work March 11th 1802'. A scattering of motifs, including birds, a dog, squirrels, fir trees, crowns, fleurs de lis and flowers.
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