Sampler
Maker
Sarah Fitch
Production date
1833
Current rights
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Description
A framed sampler made of green, fawn and brown silk thread on wool tabby background. Made by Sarah Fitch in 1833 aged 13 years and contains the following lines: "Virtue's the chiefest beauty of the mind. The noblest ornament of human kind. Virtue's our safeguard and our guiding star, that stirs up reason when our senses err ".
Maker
Sarah Fitch
Production date
1833
Measurements
440mm (height), 330mm (width)
Credit line
Gifted by Mr C Lever
Accession number
0625/97
Current rights