Dimensions
19ins high by 12.5ins wide
Circa Date
William IV, dated 1836
Description - ID#22090
Antique Sampler, 1836, By Alis Williams. The sampler is worked in silk on a linen ground, in a variety of stitches. Meandering floral border. Colours gold, navy blue, light brown, dark brown, white, pink, greens and black. Verse reads, 'Ye little flock, whom Jesus feeds,>Dismiss your anxious cares,>Look to the shepherd of your souls,>And smile away your fears.>Tho' wolves and lions prowl around,>His staff is your defence:>Midst sands and rocks, your shepherd's voice>Calls streams and pastures thence.>The soul that on Jesus hath lean'd for repose,>I will not, I will not, desert to his foes>That soul' tho' all hell should endeavour to shake,>I'll never, no never, no never forsake:'. Signed and dated, 'Alis Williams's 1836'. A wonderful set of motifs, including shepherds tending their sheep, birds, angels, flowers, trees, laden with fruit, fruit baskets, fir trees, roses, dogs and a floral garland. Framed in an old wood frame with rippled, old glass. Tacked to linen and wood with a wood backing.
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