Woollen ground embroidered with polychrome silks in cross stirch.
Edges very damaaged.
32cm x 40.5cm
12 1/2" x 16"
Stylised repeat floral border.
Inscribed verse at the top:
"Catch then, Ocatch the transient hour,/Improve each moment as it flies./Life's a short summer, man a flower,/He dies alas! how soon he dies.
These are the last four lines of An Ode to Winter by Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
A wide floral repeat band separates the inscription from a centred floral bouquet surrounded by traditional detached motifs.
At the bottom a leaf and bud border frames the inscription "Maria Heyborne/ December 1830 Aged 10 Years"
Maria was born to John & Susannah Heyborne 15 Aug. 1820, baptised 26 Nov. 1820, St. Giles Cripplegate in the City of London.
She married John James Marsden on 25 Dec. 1854 at the neighbouring parish of St. Botolph without Aldersgate.
Height: 31 cm
Width: 40.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2018-01-29) by Butcher, Mr & Mrs
Accession number: T.37-2018
Primary reference Number: 225706
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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