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An early Victorian sampler, dated 1843
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An early Victorian sampler, dated 1843
The central text reading While thus my fingers o'er the canvass rove, The letters form and teachers the flowers to blow, Oh! May my soul aspire to worlds above, And learn betimes eternal things to know. Then when death bids me from this world retire, His awful voice shall cause no sad surprise. Sweetly on Jesus bosom Ile expire, And wing my way to mansions in the sky. HANNAH RANKIN Aged 13 1843, glazed and in a contemporary mahogany frame
33½in. (85cm.) square overall
The central text reading While thus my fingers o'er the canvass rove, The letters form and teachers the flowers to blow, Oh! May my soul aspire to worlds above, And learn betimes eternal things to know. Then when death bids me from this world retire, His awful voice shall cause no sad surprise. Sweetly on Jesus bosom Ile expire, And wing my way to mansions in the sky. HANNAH RANKIN Aged 13 1843, glazed and in a contemporary mahogany frame
33½in. (85cm.) square overall