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The kneeling figure is based on the well-known silhouette of an enslaved man kneeling in chains, symbolic of the abolitionist movement, designed in 1788 by Harry Webb, modelled by William Hackwood and reproduced on Jasper ware medallions made by Josiah Wedgwood’s Etruria Works. \n\nThe figure is surrounded by a field of sheep (representing Christ’s flock), with trees and birds. The text commemorates the year 1832, rather than the Emancipation Act of 1833, and continues \n'Hard was the Lot of the poor negro Slave', followed by a stanza from The Negro Servant by Leigh Richmond (1772-1827), first published in 1814:\n\r\nPoor and despised [though] once I was\r\nYet thou O God was nigh\r\nAnd when thy mercy first I saw\r\nSure none so glad as I.\r\n\r\nThe sampler is signed  'Grace Lambert's Work' with a stitched inscription enclosed within outline of red stitches.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Lambert, Grace","id":"AUTH376976"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28674"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[{"text":"embroidering","id":"AAT53653"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"","categories":[{"text":"Black History","id":"THES48989"},{"text":"Christianity","id":"THES48978"},{"text":"Slavery & Abolitionism","id":"THES49008"},{"text":"Embroidery","id":"THES48960"},{"text":"Colonialism and Empire","id":"THES253004"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&F","id":"THES48601"},"images":["2022ND6659","2022NC7546"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"001","id":"THES385796"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Sampler","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"Yes-general","note":"NB The term 'negro' was used historically to describe people of black African heritage but, since the 1960s, has fallen from usage and, increasingly, is considered offensive. 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