Middlemiss, Ann

1835 sampler

EARLY-19TH-CENTURY-SAMPLER-BY-ANN-MIDDLEMISS-AGED-11-1835-381103939683

Small sampler, wool on linen, with heavy damage (rodents most likely, moths eat the wool only). The sampler starts off with listing William & Betty Middlemiss / Anthony & Elizabeth Middlemiss / Martha Middlemiss (probably family members). Next two alphabets and one set of numbers between lines, and a text This Piece of work my friends may have when i am dead and in my grave, Ann Middlemiss aged 11 years 1835. The text runs through the right hand margin. The bottom part is a potted flower and two baskets of roses, and one crown at the right hand side. Possibly the sampler wasn't finished.

Images donated by ebay seller cockleheart, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.

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