Artist: Cant, Jane, maker; Date(s): 1814; Classification(s): embroidery, sampler, weaving, Motif sampler, wool, embroidered polychrome silks in cross, satin and stem stitch and bound with a dark green ribbon.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Longman, H.A. Mrs, 1938, Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest [T.55-1938]
Description: Pictorial sampler, wool, embroidered polychrome silks in cross, satin and stem stitch and bound with a dark green ribbon. In the centre of the canvas a boy carrying a laurel garland and the date 1814 are worked inside a large laurel wreath. Above the wreath four lines of verse are worked whilst below the makers name and age are placed amidst detached motifs including a bird, fruit basket, a vase of flowers, a lion and a rose spray. The inscriptions read ' Remember All The Dying Pains/That My Redemer Felt And Let/ His Blood wash out My Stains/ And Answer For My Guilt/ 1814/ Iane Cant/ Aged 9 years'.
