A GEORGE III QUAKER MAP SAMPLER DATED 1783 Woven inscription

A GEORGE III QUAKER MAP SAMPLER DATED 1783 Woven inscription 'A New Map of England and Wales worked at Tottenham by Ann Hopkins Smith 1783', in later glazed frame the sampler approximately 54cm x 47.5cm, the frame 62cm x 56cm Provenance: Works of Art from the collection of the late Roger Warner Esq, offered by his family... be patterns, be examples in all countries... that your carriage and life may preach among all sorts of people and to them; then you will come to walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in everyone. George FoxThe Quaker or Society of Friends movement was established in Tottenham in the late 17th century with George Fox recording his visit to the movement in 1689 and the Tottenham Monthly Meeting established in 1691. Ann Hopkins Smith (1768-1851) and her sister Mary Smith (1770-1857) were devout Quakers and neither of them married. Ann became a noted philanthropist as well as participating in many social causes such as the anti-slavery movement and penitentiary reform. Her obituary in 1852 records the numerous legacies she left together with the substantial number of building works, good works and charitable deeds executed within her lifetime.