Sampler
after 1886 (made)
| Place of origin |
Memorial sampler for Ann Godfrey, died May 9th 1866, and her husband Thomas Godfrey, died September 29th 1886. There is a long inscription embroidered above various potted plants, with narrow geometric borders. All embroidered in pink, red, brown, green, and pale blue cross stitch
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pricked paper and silks |
| Brief description | Sampler, silk embroidery on paper, English, after 1886, commemorating Ann and Thomas Godfrey |
| Physical description | Memorial sampler for Ann Godfrey, died May 9th 1866, and her husband Thomas Godfrey, died September 29th 1886. There is a long inscription embroidered above various potted plants, with narrow geometric borders. All embroidered in pink, red, brown, green, and pale blue cross stitch |
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| Marks and inscriptions | IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF ANN / GODFREY WHO DEPARTED THIS LI / FE AT MELBOURN CAMBS MAY THE 9 1866 / AGED 52 YEARS ALSO IN LOVING MEMOR / OF THOMAS GODFREY HUSBAND OF THE Y / ABOVE WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT ME / LBOURN SEPTEMBER THE 29 1886 AGED 72 / THE GOD OF ALL GRACE HAS REMOVED Them / FROM THIS WORLD OF PAIN AND SORROW / Their conflict they have travelled over / And bore their heavy load / But Christ has taught their langued souls / To reach their blest abode / They are sleeping now like Lazarus / Upon their Fathers breast / Where the wicked cease from troubling / And the weary are at rest / Now no more fatigued no more distressed / No sin nor sorrow reach the place / No rude alarms of raging foes / Nor cares to break the long respose |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Mary St John Hope |
| Object history | A 'small farmer', Thomas Godfrey, aged 67, is recorded as having lived on Portway, Melbourn, Cambridgeshire in 1881. He was living with his brother John, 69, and his wife Marry Ann, 56. In 1891, Mary Ann Godfrey is recorded as a widow, a farmer, and was living at the property alone. |
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| Accession number | T.104-1939 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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