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1814 'The Virgins Prayer' Sampler by Phebe Edmonds

George III, dated 1814. 13ins by 9.5ins wide. 1814 'The Virgins Prayer' Sampler by Phebe Edmonds. 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 silk on linen ground, in cross stitch throughout.

Meandering floral border.

Colours black, cream, blue, green, pink and copper.

Verse entitled 'The Virgins Prayer' reads

'Ye powers above, my Virgin heart inspire,

With all the greatness noble souls admire

Let virtue grow within my tender breast,

And may my vernal days be truly blest

My bloom be lovely, and my brow serene,

And let my heart be stranger to the spleen.

Let nothing low my humble actions stain,

While female tenderness, I still maintain.

Let me my virtue and my honor keep

Till wearied of this world in Death I sleep

Give me my lot beyond the raging woes,

To reach the harbour where the Just repose.

On this fair worsted does my needle write,

Both love and duty bids my heart indite

Each pleasing view, each finish'd line appears,

To shew, the improvement of my growing years

With gratitude to God, my voice I raise

That I am early taught to seek his ways,

And this my constant care, both morn and night

Shall be to give you comfort and delight

And in those lines dear Parents I impart

The fondest, tend'rest ??? of my heart'.

Signed and dated

'Done by Phebe Edmonds M?? th 26th 1814'.

CONDITION: Generally Good.

A few holes along the top edge.

Some patchy staining around the edges.

Some stitch losses to the border, last line of the verse and signature.

Colours are mostly good and strong. The silks bright and glossy.

No colour run.

Neatly and evenly stretched.

Frame in very good condition, ready to hang.

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