Embroidery sampler – "This work in hand my friends may have ..."
Maker
Rachel Boardman
Production date
1836
Description
Needlework/embroidery sampler by Rachel Boardman, 1836 [age unknown].
The verse reads: "This work in hand my friends may have / when dead and laid in my grave / and when the bell doth for me toll / sweet Jesus Christ receive my sole / blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds / and though a late a sure reward succeeds"
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