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LOT 1984
Embroidery Sampler
DATED 1831 A.D.
18 1/2 x 15 3/8 in. (1.6 kg, 47 x 39 cm).
Framed and glazed with wire for suspension to the reverse; the sampler reads: 'Religion should our thoughts engage / Amidst our youthful bloom / Twill fit us for declining age / and for the awful tomb / Frances Todd / Aged 11 years / 1831'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
East Anglian private collection.
This verse is quoted from 'Religion Is The Chief Concern', from John Fawcett's, Hymns Adapted to the Circumstances of Public Worship and Private Devotion, 1782.
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