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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): after 1801 - before 1900; Classification(s): embroidery, sampler, weaving, Border sampler, silk, embroidered with polychrome silks in chain, couching, satin and stem stitch and bound with scarlet silk braid.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Longman, H.A. Mrs, 1938, Mrs H.A. Longam Bequest [T.66-1938]
Description: Bordered sampler, silk, embroidered with polychrome silks in chain, couching, satin and stem stitch and bound with scarlet silk braid. A wide freely designed floral border frames the main body of the sampler which is taken up by the inscription of the hymn CVII which is worked in black cross-stitch. The inscription reads 'Hymn CVII/ Living and Dying with god present/ I cannot bear thine absence Lord/ My life expires if thou depart/ be thou my heart still near my God/ and thou my god be near my heart/ I was not born for earth or sin/ Nor can I live on things so vile/ Yet I would stay my father's time/ And hope wait for heaven awhile/ then dearest Lord in thine embrace/ Let me resign my fleeting breath/ and with a smile upon my face/ Pass the important hour of death'. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | Unknown embroidery sampler | Temporal: | name=19th century; start=1801; end=1900 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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