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Production: Savin, Susanna
Linen. Polychrome silks worked in cross, eyelet & counted satin stitch. Plain sevedge at bottom, other edges hemmed. A lettering sampler with an inscription, two alphabets, a set of numerals, the bands divided horizontally by small repeat geometric border patterns. The insciption: O CHILD MOST DeAR INCLINe THINe eAR / AND HARKeN TO GODS VOICE HIS COVNC / IL TAKe AND THAT WILL MAKe GODS A / NGeLS To ReIOYCe BE NOT LIKe THOSe TH / AT GRACe OPPOSe AND GIVe THeIR MIND / TO PLAy BUT LeT YOUR MIND Be WeLL / INCLINed AND SeeK IN WISDOMS WAY / TRAIN VP A CHILD IN THe WAYe He SH / ALL GO AND WHen He IS OLD He WI / O ALL Ye NATIONS OF THe / WORLD PRASe Ye THe LOR / D ALWAYS AND ALL Ye P / EOPLe e VeRY WHeRe SeT / FORTH HIS NOBLe PRAISe / FOR GReAT HIS KINDeSS / IS TO VS HIS TRUTH DOT / H eNDURe FOR AYe WHeReFORe PRAISe Ye THe LORD OUR GOD / I SAY SUSANNA SAVIN / FAVOUR IS DeCeITFUL AND BeA / VTY IS VAIN BUT A W
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1716
Accession number: T.113-1928
Primary reference Number: 110659
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sampler" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110659 Accessed: 2024-11-14 22:33:58
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