λ A GEORGE IV NORTHERN IRISH NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

λ A GEORGE IV NORTHERN IRISH NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

BY JANE AGNEW

worked with polychrome wool and silk with cross and eyelet stitches on a linen ground, with a central virtuous verse from Anna Barbauld (1743-1825) within a border of embellished Scottish letterd which incorporate mythical beasts and stylized blossoms, signed and dated 'Jane Agnew Donaghadee, November 16 1820', in a later glazed rosewood frame

39.8 x 43.5cm

Provenance

Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.231 for a discussion of this sampler.