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1959.129

ID Number: 1959.129
Category: Communication Artifacts
Sub-category: art
Item Name: sampler
Maker: Ramage, Letitia
Date: 1840
Materials: TEXTILE, SCRIM TEXTILE, WOOL
Measurements: overall: 16 3/4 in x 16 3/4 in
Description: Scrim, wool; square sampler; cross-stitched; hemmed; beige scrim; red, yellow, green, brown; alphabet and stylized floral border; trees, house, butterfly, swan, a poem and a proverb ornament sampler
History: made by Letitia Ramage at age 6 who was the great aunt, by marriage, of George.F. Macdonald. Text of Sampler: "YET LET THE RICH DERIDE; THE PROUD DISDAIN THESE SIMPLE BLESSINGS OF THE LOWLY TRAIN TO ME MORE DEAR, CONGENIAL TO ME HEART ONE NATIVE CHARM THAN ALL THE GLOSS OF ART" "FAITH/HOPE AND CHARITY/ARE THE IMMUTABLE/PRINCIPLES OF ALL/REAL PIETY"
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
Subject (Fre): Y

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Children / Enfants subject

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