A sampler by F M Neal 1815 worked in coloured silks with a verse, "A PETITION, Jesus permit thy gracious name to stand as the first efforts of my youthful hand...", above a windmill, church and houses, with birds, baskets and bunches of flowers below, all within a stylised floral border--16 x 20in. (40 x 50cm.), framed and glazed; and another, Mary Elizabeth Neal 1838, "The Drowning Fly"--10.5 x 13in. (26 x 33cm.) (2)