SCHOOLGIRL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER,Worked by Sarah Field, 1842. Comprising two alphabet and numerical rows, over a verse entitled "A Child's Prayer"; the bottom half with various motifs including birds, flowers and dogs; within strawberry border. Worked in polychrome silk thread on a linen ground; framed. - 14 1/4 in. x 12 3/4 in., sight size. Estimate $700-1,000
Inscribed "Lord Jesus teach a child to pray Who humbly bows to thee, And every night and every day My friend and saviour be, Tis he who claims my youthful heart he loves to hear me pra(y), By night ill think upon his love And praise Him every day, While here I live give me thy grace And when Im calld to die, O take my soul to see thy face And sing thy praise on high"
