Description
A Rare & Delightful George III Sampler belonging to a group of eight known samplers, all with the same distinctive composition incorporating houses and family groups and dating from 1794-1809, pointing to a common dame school or governess. This example by Marie Annette Hewlett dated 1809, and including verse; ‘Long live the KING, Happy may he be, Blest with contentment, From all dangers free’. Set in a mahogany frame inlaid with stringing to the borders, 20½” x 12¼” (52 cm x 31 cm) excluding frame.