E N G L A N D / A fairer Isle than BRITAIN, never sun / View'd in his wide career - A lovely spot / For all that life can ask . Salubrious, mild , / Its hills are green, its woods and prospects fair , Its meadows fertile . And to crown the whole / In one delightful word - it is our home , Our native Isle . (At the bottom in a flowered cartouche): MandA / matthews / 1844 //

Maker

Matthews, Manda

Date made

1844

Origin

England

Stitches

Cross,

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

A beautiful motif sampler with motifs of oak branches, pots of flowers, baskets of flowers, many birds, crowns, a house with two chimneys and a tree on both sides, tall geometric flowers, two eight sided stars, angels, two squirrels, many various sized stags. Arcaded rose, carnation, honeysuckle, flower border all four sides.

Inscription

E N G L A N D / A fairer Isle than BRITAIN, never sun / View'd in his wide career - A lovely spot / For all that life can ask . Salubrious, mild , / Its hills are green, its woods and prospects fair , Its meadows fertile . And to crown the whole / In one delightful word - it is our home , Our native Isle . (At the bottom in a flowered cartouche): MandA / matthews / 1844 //

Length Without Frame

18 1/4"

Width Without Frame

13 1/2"

Owner

Historical Society of Old Newbury, Newburyport, MA

Owner Private

Historical Society of Old Newbury