A FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER.
by Sarah Heath, Age 12 1814, depicting the verse 'Virtue's the chiefest Beauty of the Mind, The noblest Ornament of Humankind, Virtue's our Safeguard and our Guiding Star, That stirs up Reason when our Senses err' The verse flanked with finely worked trees, with the alphabet above and a basket of flowers below. Bordered with scrolling vines and housed in a Hogarth frame. 36.5 cm x 44 cm.
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by Sarah Heath, Age 12 1814, depicting the verse 'Virtue's the chiefest Beauty of the Mind, The noblest Ornament of Humankind, Virtue's our Safeguard and our Guiding Star, That stirs up Reason when our Senses err' The verse flanked with finely worked trees, with the alphabet above and a basket of flowers below. Bordered with scrolling vines and housed in a Hogarth frame. 36.5 cm x 44 cm.
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