THE / Ten Commandmets / From Sinai thus the Lord to Israel / Dpoke / Twas I that freed thy neck from Egypts yoke / Have ye no other Gods but only me Before no helples / you Bow thy knee . Thou shalt not take Gods holy name / In vain Nor thos not thine, the Sabath day Prophane / Honour thy parents that thou long mayst Live. Thou / Shalt not kill nor take the Life I give Pollute thy soul / With no Adulterous one strain * Thou shalt not steal For / Curst is the Law less Gain. With Candour judge false / Witness bear gainst none. Nor envying covet what is / Not thine own. / THE LORDS PRAYER / OUR FATHER * which art in Heaven hallowed be / Thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy WIll be done on / Earth as it is in Heaven Give us this Day our daily / Bread And forgive us our Trespasses as we Forgive / Them that trespass aginst us and lead us not into / Temptation But deliver us from Evil for thine is the / Kingdom the Power and the Glory for ever and ever / Amen / This Sampler Done by me Iane Iefferis In The Year / Of Our LORD 1799 Febuary Aged 9 Years and / 2 Months //

Maker

Jefferis, Jane (age 9)

Date made

1799

Origin

England

Stitches

Cross

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Wool

Embroidery Thread

Silk, Wool

Predominent Motif

Two kneeling figure on either side of an arch with a flowering rose spray. Across the bottom diamond and heart motifs. Reversing arcaded border all four sides.

Inscription

THE / Ten Commandmets / From Sinai thus the Lord to Israel / Dpoke / Twas I that freed thy neck from Egypts yoke / Have ye no other Gods but only me Before no helples / you Bow thy knee . Thou shalt not take Gods holy name / In vain Nor thos not thine, the Sabath day Prophane / Honour thy parents that thou long mayst Live. Thou / Shalt not kill nor take the Life I give Pollute thy soul / With no Adulterous one strain * Thou shalt not steal For / Curst is the Law less Gain. With Candour judge false / Witness bear gainst none. Nor envying covet what is / Not thine own. / THE LORDS PRAYER / OUR FATHER * which art in Heaven hallowed be / Thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy WIll be done on / Earth as it is in Heaven Give us this Day our daily / Bread And forgive us our Trespasses as we Forgive / Them that trespass aginst us and lead us not into / Temptation But deliver us from Evil for thine is the / Kingdom the Power and the Glory for ever and ever / Amen / This Sampler Done by me Iane Iefferis In The Year / Of Our LORD 1799 Febuary Aged 9 Years and / 2 Months //

Length Without Frame

13 3/8"

Width Without Frame

7 3/4"

Historical Owner

#T.49.1938 Bequest of Mrs. H. A. Longman

Owner

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Owner Private

Fitzwilliam Museum