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Sampler

Sampler

Artist
Date1826
MediumLinen
Dimensions45 x 34 cm
ClassificationsTextile
Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery. Cathleen Sheppard Bequest, 1986.
Object number1762
DescriptionThis is a sampler, a piece of embroidery worked in various stitches as a specimen of proficiency. It was produced in Cookstown. It shows an Alphabet, both upper and lowercases, and Psalm 136, which reads as follows: To God the mighty Lord / your joyful thanks repeat / To him due praiƒe afford / as good as he is great.
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