IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110795 accession number: T.64-1938 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 20 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Border sampler, canvas, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch and bound with brown linen. A strawberry border frames the main body of the sampler which comprises seven horizontal bands separated by border designs of varying width. The band s include an alphabet, numerals, the name 'Elizabeth Clarke', five detached motifs (crown, heart, lozenge) and the inscription 'In gratitude perverts all the measures of religion and society by making it dangerous to be charitable/ and good natured: however, it is better expose ourselves to Ingratitude than be wanting to be distressed/ whenever you commend add your reason for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a/man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and the admiration of fools/Prudence has two offices to inform the understanding and regulate the will she determines/ both on maxims of speculation and practice & she keeps the mind upon its guard/ favour is deceitful and beauty is vain but a woman that Feareth the Lords she shall be praiSed/ Envy not thy benefactor, neither Strive to conceal the benefit he hath conferred, for though to/oblige is better than to be obliged; the act of generoSity commandeth admiration yet the /humility of gratitude toucheth the heart and is amiable in the light both of God and man'. object type: Bordered sampler, canvas, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch and bound with brown linen. A strawberry border frames the main body of the sampler which comprises seven horizontal bands that include an alphabet, numerals, the name 'Elizabeth Clarke', five detached motifs and an inscription. title: sampler NOTES ----- type: history note value: Given to the donor by the Rev.S.M. Stanley, Easter 1907 LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110795 TECHNIQUES ---------- Border sampler, canvas, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch and bound with brown ribbon. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering TECHNIQUES ---------- binding CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1801 - 1900 creation date earliest: 1801 creation date latest: 1900 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Clarke, Elizabeth DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 31.4 dimension: Length units: in value: 12.3/8 dimension: Width units: cm value: 28.9 dimension: Width units: in value: 11.3/8 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Sampled Lives: Samplers from the Fitzwilliam Museum CITATIONS -------- Sampled Lives: Samplers from the Fitzwilliam Museum --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_64_1938_1_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 950 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/mid_T_64_1938_1_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 539 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_64_1938_1_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 950 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/preview_T_64_1938_1_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 269 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_64_1938_20Reverse.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 723 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/mid_T_64_1938_20Reverse.jpg height: 526 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_64_1938_20Reverse.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 723 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/preview_T_64_1938_20Reverse.jpg height: 263 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/507/387/large_T_64_1938_1_201607_kly25_mas.jpg height: 1187 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/507/387/mid_T_64_1938_1_201607_kly25_mas.jpg height: 580 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/T.64-1938_1_201607_kly25_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/507/387/preview_T_64_1938_1_201607_kly25_mas.jpg height: 290 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/507/387/T_64_1938_1_201607_kly25_mas.ptif height: 5754 pixels width: 4962 pixels