1716 Band Sampler by Ann Hanscombe

George I, dated March 22 1716. 15.75ins by 7ins wide.

1716 sampler by Ann Hanscombe. Framed in an old Hogarth frame with rippled, old glass.

Loose mounted over a card with chipboard backing.

The sampler is worked in a silk-like thread on linen ground, in cross stitch throughout.

No border. Colours red, cream, yellow, pale blue, greens and light brown. Family initials and name.

Psalms read

'The HVnDReD PSALM ALL PeOPLe TH

?? One Earth dO dwEll SInG TO The

LORD WITH cHeeRFUL VOICe HIM SeR

Ve WITH FeAR HIS PRAISe FORTH Te

LL cOMe Ye BeFORe HIM AnD ReIOYce T

He LORD Ye KnOW IS GOD InDeeD WIT

HOVT OVR AID He DID VS MAKe We Are

HIS FLOcK He DOTH VS FeeD AnD FOR

HIS SHeeP He DOTH VS TAKe O enTeR T

HeN HIS GATeS WITH PRAISe APPROc

H WITH IOY HIS CORTS VnTO PRAISe L

AVD AnD BLeSS HIS nAMe ALWAYS FOR

IT IS SeeMLY SO TO DO FOR WHY The L

ORD OVeR GOD IS GOOD HIS MeRcY IS FOR

eVeR SVRe HIS TRVTH AT ALL TIMeS

FIRMLY STOOD AnD SHALL FROM AGe TO

AGe enDVRe HeRe enDS The HVnDR> eD PSALM'

and

'The HVnDReD AnD FIRST PSALM

I MeRcY WILL AnD IVDGmenT SInG O

LORD GOD VnTO The 2 AnD WISeLY

DO In PeRFecT WAY VnTIL THOV Come

TO Me AnD In The MeDST OF MY HOV

Se WALKe In PVReneSS OF MY SPRIT

AnD I nO KinD OF WICKeD THInG WILL

SeT BeFORe MY SIGHT ?I HATe THeIR

WORKS THAT FALL AWAY IT SHALL

nOT CLeAVe TO me FROm me SHALL PART

The FRO???RD HeART nOne eVILL WI

LL I See 5 Him WILL I STORY THAT SLA

nDereTH HIS neIGHBOVR PRIVILY The

LOFTY HeART I CAnnOT BeARe nOR Him

THAT LOOKeTH HIG 6 Mine eYeS SHALL

Be On Them WITHin The LAND THAT

FAITH EVLL Be In PeRFeCT WAY WH

O WALKeTH SHALL Be SeRVANT V??S

me 7 I WILL No GVILeFVLL PeRSOn HAVe

WITHIn mY HOVSe TO DWeLL AnD In

mY PResenCe He SHALL nOT RemAIn?

THAT LIeS DOTH TeLL 8 Be TIMeS

WILL DeSTROY eVen ALL The WICKeD

OF The Land THAT I mAY FROm GODS

CITY CVT The WICKeD WORKeRS HAnD'

Inscription to centre of verse reads

'MARY HANSCOMB AH SH'.

Signed and dated 'ANN HANSCOMBe HeR SAMPLeR MARCH The 22 1716'.

CONDITION: Generally Good. No holes.

Very slight loss of ground to the extreme bottom edge.

A few dark stain specks.

Some pale patchy staining.

Minor stitch losses to the palms.

Colours are slightly faded, but still well defined. No colour run.

Unevenly stretched.

Frame showing wear and chips, but structurally sound.

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