Antique 1780s Elizabeth Brenchley Sampler

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1780s Sampler by Elizabeth Brenchley. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in mainly cross stitch. Simple line … more 1780s Sampler by Elizabeth Brenchley. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in mainly cross stitch. Simple line border. Colours red, green, blue and silver. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and lower case and numbers 1-17. A truly special verse entitled 'On the Diligent Ants' reads, 'Ants in Battalia to their Cells convey > The plunderd Forage of the yellow Prey > The little Drudges trot about and fweat > But will not Strait devour all they get > For in their Mouths we fee them carry home > A Stock for Winter which they know muft come.'. Signed and dated 'Elizabeth Brenchley 178?'. . Framed in an old wood frame with glass. Mounting: The sampler is stitched to card. Frame backed with card and sealed with tape.. Dimensions exclude the frame and slip. less