1823 'Epitaph on a Hermit' Sampler by Sally Hunt. Framed in a modern gold frame with card mount and glass. Loose mounted with chipboard backing. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in cross stitch throughout. Meandering floral border. Colours red, cream, pale blue, light brown, white, black, greens and olive green. Verse entitled 'EPITAPH ON A HERMIT Written by a Lady' readsVerse reads ' For Years upon a Mountain's brow>A Hermit Liv'd the Lord knows How>A Robe of sackcloth he did bare>And got his Food the lord knows where>Hardships, and Penance were his lot>He osten pray'd the lord knows What>At last this Holy man did die,>He left this World the Lord knows Why> He's buried in this Gloom'y den>And he shall rise the Lord knows When'. Signed and dated 'Sally Hunt 1823'. A good set of motifs, including potted flowering plants, flowers, fruit baskets, fir trees, flowering trees and birds
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Dimensions
12.5ins high by 13ins wide
Circa Date
George IV, dated 1823
Description
1823 'Epitaph on a Hermit' Sampler by Sally Hunt. Framed in a modern gold frame with card mount and glass. Loose mounted with chipboard backing. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in cross stitch throughout. Meandering floral border. Colours red, cream, pale blue, light brown, white, black, greens and olive green. Verse entitled 'EPITAPH ON A HERMIT Written by a Lady' readsVerse reads ' For Years upon a Mountain's brow>A Hermit Liv'd the Lord knows How>A Robe of sackcloth he did bare>And got his Food the lord knows where>Hardships, and Penance were his lot>He osten pray'd the lord knows What>At last this Holy man did die,>He left this World the Lord knows Why> He's buried in this Gloom'y den>And he shall rise the Lord knows When'. Signed and dated 'Sally Hunt 1823'. A good set of motifs, including potted flowering plants, flowers, fruit baskets, fir trees, flowering trees and birds
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