Gallery Title
Gallery Title
sampler
Accession Number NWHCM : 2004.824.3
Description
Faded section of sampler by Lorina Bulwer. This section is all that remains of a much larger sampler, and shows evidence of being cut around the edges. It is almost certain that Lorina Bulwer stitched this sampler whilst resident in the female lunatic ward of Great Yarmouth Workhouse between c.1901 - 1912. The sampler takes the form of an embroidered letter, and makes references to family members and individuals throughout.
Artist
Bulwer, Lorina
Creation Date
1900-1912
Measurements
310 mm
Department
Costume and Textiles : Norwich Castle Museum
Inscription
BULWER THAT ME BULWER HAD HIS GRAVE NOT (?) (?) FOR (?) (?) / JOHN MANN THE SEXTON IS SPOKEN OF AS THE ONE WHO AGREED TO IT / HE SHOULD TAKE THE THREE ROTTEN PUTRID CARCASES OUT OF THE / GRAVE PUT THE OLD BUGERROOS IN A TENT ON THE BEACH AND TURN / THEM INTO OLD AUNT SALLY THREE STICKS A PENNY E. BULWER ESQ CAN / PLAY THE VIOLIN AND MRS ANNA MARIA YOUNG THE TAMBOURINE JOHN / MANN THE SEXTON CAN CARRY THE THREE STICKS A PENNY A SOCIALIST / BANK HOLIDAY NEXT MONDAY THEY COULD MAKE A GOOD PAY DAY AS / A RUSH OF VISITORS ARE EXPECTED AFTER THAT HAVE THEM CREMATED / NO ONE WOULD BUY THE GROUND AFTER THEIR PUTRIB BUY THE GROUP AFTER THEIR PUTRID SOCIALISTS / CARCASES UNLESS THE GROUND IS RECONSECRATED STEELE THE / PUBLICAN BEN FIELDING A PIER SINGER MRS FRANKYN A THEATRICAL / ALL THESE SIX PERSONS ARE BURIED STINKING SOCIALISTS OLD / MAD MOLLY HAWES A SINGLE WOMAN A VILE OLD FAGGOT FROM COLNEY / HATCH ASYLUM CALL PLOWRIGHT A TIN MAN NORFOLK STREET LYNN / NORFOLK HER UNCLE SHE WAS BURIED IN GT YARMOUTH FIRST CEMETARY / IN THE NAME OF MARION (?) WIFE OF THOMAS BULWER ON THE GRAVE / STONE (?) HARRY CHRISTIAN ALIAS BULWER IS BURIED PERHAPS / IN THE SAME GRAVE E. BULWER ESQ MUST HAVE THIS NOTORIOUS PARTY / CREMATED SMASH THEIR COFFINS TAKE A PITCH FORK AND THROW THE ROTTEN CARCASES INTO THE FURNACE THE FELLOW HARRY HAS LIGHT / EYES ALL THE CHILDREN ARE BORN AND PASS BY THE NAME OF BULWER / THE ONLY NAME THEY CAN CLAIM IS THEIR MOTHERS MAIDEN NAME / SMITH E. BULWER ESQ MUST PROSECUTE THEM FOR USING THE NAME / OF BULWER MARY-JANE-EMILY-THE FELLOW HAWES ARE ALL MARRIED / IN THE NAME OF BULWER OLD MAD MOLLY HAWES THE COLNEY HATCH / LUNATICS SONS AND DAUGHTERS ALSO HARRY 5 CHILDREN IN ALL - / OF MAD MOLLY HAWES E. BULWER ESQ WILL BE FORCED TO / PUT THINGS RIGHT ROBERT ALIAS BULWER A LIGHT BLUE EYED / MAN PITTED WITH THE SMALL POX SLIGHTLY MARKED FIRM FULL FACE / BROUGHT UP AT PEDDARS LANE BLECCLES SUFFOLK A BASTARD HE / WAS GROOM AND STABLE MAN TO THE REVD SUCKLING BARSHAM RECTORY / NR BECCLES HE MARRIED I HEAR THE REVD SUCKLINGS COOK A BROWN /EYED (?) (?) A NURSE MAID MAD MOLLY
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