Antique Sampler, 1824, by Ursula Burch

George IV, dated 1824. 15.5ins by 12.25ins wide. 1824 Sampler by Ursula Burch. Framed in a modern wood frame with glass.

Fixed to card with chipboard backing.

The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in cross stitch and Algerian eye.

Zig zag border.

Colours black. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and numbers 1-40.

Verse reads,

'THE morning flow'rs display their sweets

And gay their silken leaves unfold

As careless of the noontide heats

As fearless of the evening cold

Nipt by the winds untimely blast

Parch'd by the sun's dirseter ray

The momentary glories waste

The short liv'd beauties die away

So blooms the human face divine

When youth its pride of beauty shows

Fairer than spring the colours shine

And sweeter than the virgin rose

Or worn by slowly rolling years

Or broke by sickness in a day

The fading glory disappears

The short liv'd beauties die away

Yet these new rising from the tomb

With lustre brighter far shall shine

Revive with ever during bloom

Safe from diseases and decline

Let sickness blast let death devour

If heaven must recompence our pains

Perish the grass and fade the flower

If form the Wind of God remains.'.

Signed and dated

'UrFula Burch June 4 1824 Aged nine years'.

CONDITION: Good. No holes, but a small, horizontal, slightly thin patch across the middle.

No stains other than uniform age darkening of the ground.

No stitch losses.

Colours are slightly faded, but still well defined.

No colour run.

Stretching is slightly uneven.

Frame in good condition, ready to hang.