An early 19th century linen sampler by Emma Scrace aged 9 years, worked in coloured silks with a verse, 'Preserve O Lord my tender youth...', surrounded my motifs to included a castle, birds and flowering shrubs, dated 1826, 48cm x 59cm
An early 19th century linen sampler by Emma Scrace aged 9 years, worked in coloured silks with a verse, 'Preserve O Lord my tender youth...', surrounded my motifs to included a castle, birds and flowering shrubs, dated 1826, 48cm x 59cm