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1789 Sampler by Ann Smith

George III, dated 1789. 16ins high by 11ins wide. 1789 Sampler by Ann Smith.

Framed in an old wood frame with rippled, old glass. Tacked to a wood stretcher frame with card and brown paper backing.

The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in cross stitch throughout.

Divider lines in various patterns. Meandering leafy border.

Colours brown, blue, green, gold, pink and black. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and lower case and numbers 1-23.

Verses read

'The Great Businefs of a Man is to improve his Mind and

Govern his Manners.

The Educators Care, above all Things, should be, first, to

Lay in his charge the Foundation of Religion and Virtue.

Parents are commonly more careful to bestow Wit on

their Children than Virtue, the Art of speaking well rather

than doing well: But their Manners ought to be the great

Concern

An industrious and virtue Education of Children is a better

Inheritance for them, than a great Estate. To What Purpose

is it, to heap up great Estates, and have no Concern What

Manners of Heirs you leave them to.'

and

'Ever through life strive to excell,

True Merit Lies in acting well,

And never once from Truth depart,

But weed each Folly from your Heart.'

Signed and dated 'ANN SMITH 8 OCT.R 1798'.

A few motifs of leaves and foilage,

and a couple of birds.

CONDITION: Good. Three small holes.

A few patchy stains to the outer edge.

No stitch losses. Colours are all good and strong with no noticeable fading. No colour run. Stretching is slightly uneven.

Frame in good condition, ready to hang.

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