- Maker
- Smith, Ann
- Date made
- 1767
- Origin
- England
- Stitches
- Montenegrin cross, Tent, Eyelet, Stem
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Wool
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Sampler has three horizontal motif sections. The first section contains a central flower spray within a symmetrical arrangement of flower sprays, birds, stags and trees. The second depicts the Temptation of Adam and Eve beside the Tree of Knowledge with flowers and birds on each side. The final section has three flower sprays with two inscribed panels between them containing small detached motifs and the words Reversing arcaded flower border with a parrot in both upper corners and a rampant lion in each bottom corner.
- Inscription
- Teach me Wisdom Secretly O Lord God That I may run the ways / of thy commandments with great Delight. A .S. Began This 1766 / For as by one mans disobedience many were made sinner; so / by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous / On L): Ann / Smith / Finished / This / (On R): Work / March 4 / 1 7 6 7 //
- Length Without Frame
- 43.25 cm
- Width Without Frame
- 31.5 cm
- Historical Owner
- T.37-1938 Bequest of Mrs H.A. Longman
- Owner
- Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Owner Private
- Fitzwilliam Museum
