G-67-0002
English Georgian Silk-on-Linen Needlework Sampler Wrought by Sarah Woodward
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DETAILS
An antique English silk and linen pictorial sampler embroidered with a house on a hill flanked by row of trees. Flowers and animals decorate the front lawn. Embroidered with lines from the New England Primer by English Reformation martyr John Rogers (c. 1505-55) and from the Universal Prayer poem by Alexander Pope (British, 1688-1744).
STYLE
Georgian
MEDIUM
Linen, silk textile
FRAMING
Wood frame
PLACE OF ORIGIN
England | United Kingdom
MAKER
Sarah Woodward (English)
MARKS
Reads (left top): Our days begin with Trouble here, / Our life is but a span, / And cruel Death is always near, / So frail a thing is man; (right top) Teach me to feel another’s Woe, To hide the Fault I see / That Mercy I to others show, / That Mercy show to me. Sarah Woodward's Work / wrought in Chesterfield / School in the Year 1796.
PERIOD
Late 18th century
DATE
Dated 1796
DIMENSIONS
Width 21.5 Depth 1 Height 17.25 inches
Sight: Width 19.5 Height 15.25 inches
