A fine sampler by Mary Minshull 1694

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A fine sampler by Mary Minshull 1694
worked in brightly coloured silks with THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE ON THE 8 OF SEPTEMBER 1692 IN THE CITY OF LONDON BUT NO HURT THO IT CAUSED MOST PART OF ENGLAND TO TREMBLE, also alphabets, numerals and a verse, two figures with raised faces and costume of detached lace stitch and in the same work a flower-filled urn flanked by a pair of smaller ones--7½ x 19in. (19 x 47cm), framed and glazed
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On the reverse is stuck a letter from the Meteorological Office at Kew Observatory noting they had found a record of "a strong earthquake" of 1692 September 7 in which "A chimney fell in Colchester and a crack was opened in the steeple of St. Peter's church in that town".