Textile - Sampler, Ellen Gibson aged 8 years

Historical information

Unknown, possible early 1800's

Physical description

Cross stitch sampler of alphabets and numbers, worked on linen, mounted on linen in a wooden frame

Inscriptions & markings

Ellen Gibson Aged 8 years
Just like an early rose I've seen an infant bloom but death perhaps before it blows may lay it in the tomb

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