id:			122187
accession number:	1942.503
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.503
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:51.972000

Sampler, 1810. England, 19th century. Embroidery; cotton and silk on linen; overall: 40 x 38.8 cm (15 3/4 x 15 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mary Pack McNairy Collection 1942.503

title:				Sampler
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creation date:			1810
creation date earliest:		1810
creation date latest:		1810
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creditline:			The Mary Pack McNairy Collection
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culture:	England, 19th century
technique:	embroidery; cotton and silk on linen
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Sampler
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measurements: Overall: 40 x 38.8 cm (15 3/4 x 15 1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	in upper left-hand box: "Nature lend all your charms transcendent group/ In lore unearthly skilled ye angels stoop + the late/ Let all created powers at once agree + st in my/ To paint the beauties of this willow tree * latest/ Let truth resplendent on the linen shine * hour of/ And wisdom with her tendrils their entwine * dea/ th" (the latest in my latest hour of death appears as fragments on each line); upper right-hand corner:  "from all/ the lesso/ ns I obta/ in may I/ a store of/ knowle/ ge gain./ And early seek my sav./ ours face. And gain/ from him supplies of gr/ ace"; box below upper left-hand box: "When childhoods happy days are ore./ And youthful pleasure charm no more./ My riper years with joy sh'll see./ This youthful proof of industry"; central left-hand box: "Eliza P. Hulse/ her work aged/ 8 years 1836."; central right-hand box: "O god of love with cheering ray. gild my/ expiring streak of day+  thy love through/ each revolving year + has wiped away"; above embroidered motifs:  "Crown my last moment with thy power"; below each motif: "Bird."; "Pomgranate."; "Bird."; "Orange.tree." "Weeping . Willow ."
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