Brooks, Mary

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Maker
Brooks, Mary
Date made
1792
Origin
England
Stitches
Cross, Satin, Stem.
In Bolton & Co.
No
Foundation Cloth
Wool
Embroidery Thread
Silk
Predominent Motif
1 alphabet: missing the u. Numbers 1-21. At the center top a bee skep with many bees hovering a hanging baskets of flowers on each side. Across the bottom a scene with trees, small plants and a girl on the L and the R. A flowering vine with flowers and leaves. Arcaded inner border and outer reversing arcaded strawberry border with strawberries.
Inscription
How doth the little busy bee / improve each Shining hour, And gather / honey all the day From every open / flower / How skillfully she builds her cell, How / neat She Spreads the wax: And labours / hard to store it well. With the sweet / food the she makes. In works of labour or / of skill I would be busy too. For / Satan finds Some mischief still For idle / hands to do. In books or work or healt / hful play, Let my first year be past, / That I may give for every day / Some good account at last. (In a leaf cartouche): Mary Brooks / Finish'd this sampler / in the Year 1792 / / (Note: Song 20 from Divine and Moral Songs for Children by Dr. Isaac Watts). //
Length Without Frame
44 cm
Width Without Frame
32.75 cm
Historical Owner
#T.42-1938 Bequest of Mrs. H.A. Longman
Owner
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Owner Private
Fitzwilliam Museum