IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 225654 accession number: T.3-2018 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Wednesday 14 November 2018 updated: Wednesday 18 June 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Sampler. Very faded polychrome silks on loosely woven linen in cross stitch. 31 cm x 31cm. 12 1/4" x 12 1/4". A border of a single line of cross stitch encloses at the top an upper and lower case alphabet and numerals 1-12. Beneath these is inscribed "Ellen Atkin her Work in The Year 1837", followed by the verse: "Two things have I required of thee/Deny me them not before I die" and " Remove far from me my vanity and lies/Give me neither Poverty nor lies/Feed me with food convenient for me" The first is based on Proverbs 30.7, and the second on Proverbs 30.8 Puchased at auction, Aylsham 1994 title: sampler LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Butcher Collection STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225654 CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ CREATORS -------- maker: Ellen Atkin DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 29 dimension: Width units: cm value: 30