Date : 26/04/2024 Lot 158
19th century text sampler, worked in black thread by Mary Ann Baron, of Bridlington, June the 8th 1821, 'To the Worthy promoters of that truly benevolent, and Philanthropic institutions, the Female School for Industry, Morality, and Religion. Honoured Ladies The wise man Saith 'Train up a child in the way he should do and when he is old he will not depart from it;. This glorious precept you have read Nor have you read in vain, But wisely for a maxim laid TIS WOMAN MAKES THE MAN! Like as to him she body gives, She forms his infant mind, And he a mind like hers receives, To good or ill inclined. If this for principal is laid, And I do rightly Scan. Tis wise indeed to form the maid, That she may form the man. I am with great deference your humble servant R. Pickering 1814.', in ebonised wooden frame under glass, overall H36.5cm W22.5cm
SOLD £1000