GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER BY MARY GREEN MEAD DATED 1793
worked in silk on linen, with four alphabets and a number series and strawberry band, above a verse ‘A Desire to excel others in virtue is very commendable and a Delight in obtaining / Praise deserves Encourage-ment because it discovers an excellent Mind / But he is wicked who employs his Thoughts only to out going the worst in Villany / Such a Contention is diabolical’, signed ‘Mary Green Mead finish’d this Sampler May 30 1793 in the Eighth Year of her Age', within a meandering flower border
Dimensions:
sampler 41cm high, 30cm wide; 54.5cm high, 43cm wide [overall]
worked in silk on linen, with four alphabets and a number series and strawberry band, above a verse ‘A Desire to excel others in virtue is very commendable and a Delight in obtaining / Praise deserves Encourage-ment because it discovers an excellent Mind / But he is wicked who employs his Thoughts only to out going the worst in Villany / Such a Contention is diabolical’, signed ‘Mary Green Mead finish’d this Sampler May 30 1793 in the Eighth Year of her Age', within a meandering flower border
Dimensions:
sampler 41cm high, 30cm wide; 54.5cm high, 43cm wide [overall]
