Lot Essay
An almost identical sampler worked by Elizabeth Bates, aged 10, and dated 1801 is in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
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BY ELIZABETH BUTS, CIRCA 1800
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A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY ELIZABETH BUTS, CIRCA 1800
Aged 9 years, worked with a lady with her fan in a dress, with a hillock below the mosswork trees, framed
23 in. (58.5 cm.) x 14 in. (30.5 cm.) overall
BY ELIZABETH BUTS, CIRCA 1800
Aged 9 years, worked with a lady with her fan in a dress, with a hillock below the mosswork trees, framed
23 in. (58.5 cm.) x 14 in. (30.5 cm.) overall
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