An early 19th century sampler by Barbara Howell, aged 10, worked in coloured silks on linen with

An early 19th century sampler by Barbara Howell, aged 10, worked in coloured silks on linen with alphabets above a stylised floral border, and a verse, All you my friends who now expect to see, A piece of needle work performed by me..., and below this, a series of motifs including a stag at the top of a grassy hillock, butterflies, swans, a basket of flowers, etc., within a meandering stylised floral border, dated July 20, 1820, 39.5 x 31.5 cm