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1820 Verse Sampler by Ann Guy Aged 7
George IV, dated 1820. 16.5ins by 12ins wide. 1820 Verse Sampler by Ann Guy. Framed in an old wood frame with gilt slip and glass.
Mounted to conservator standards on acid free card with chipboard backing.
The sampler is worked in a silk-like thread on linen ground, in cross stitch throughout.
Meandering leafy border.
Colours black, yellow, pale green, light brown, magenta, gold and white. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and lower case and numbers 1-24.
Verse entitled 'THE DROWNING FLY' reads
'In yonder glafs behold a drowning fly
Its little feet how vainly does it ply
Poor helpless insect and will no one save
will no one snatch thee from the threatning grave
My finger top shall prove a friendly shore
There trembler all thy dangers now are oer
wipe thy wet wings and banish all thy fear
Go join thy numerous kindred in the air
Away it flies resumes its harmless play
And lightly gambols in the golden ray
smile not spectators at this humble deed
For you perhaps a nobler task's decreed
A young and sinking family to save
To raise the thoughtless from destruction's wave
To you for help the wretched lift their eyes
Oh hear for pities sake their plaintive cries
Ere long unless some guardian interpose
Oer their devoted heads the floods may close'.
Signed and dated 'Ann Guy Aged 7 Years 1820'.
Single potted flowering plant motif.
CONDITION: Generally Good. A number of holes.
A few light patchy stains.
No stitch losses other than to the holed areas.
A piece of fluff caught under the glass.
Colours are mostly good and strong with no noticeable fading. No colour run.
Stretching is slightly uneven.
Frame in good condition, ready to hang.
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