A George III linen crosstitch sampler by Elizabeth Mchray, worked with a verse Wisdom is an evenness of soul, A steady temper which no cares control, No passions alive no desires aflame, Still constant to itself and still the same, above the initials 'R.M.' 'X.M.M.', dated 1793, with a picture of a house flanked by a fruiting pomegranete tree and a fruiting palm tree, within a meandering geometric and stylised floral border, 43.5 x 33 cm