Sampler, 'Depart from evil while in florid youth...'
Mary Hockham (b.c.1821)
Category
Textiles
Date
1829
Materials
Needlework
Measurements
300 mm (H); 310 mm (W)
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Tintinhull House, Somerset
NT 1138246.6
Summary
One of eleven needlework samplers - 'Depart from evil while in florid youth/ Curse wisdom's ways and you'll acquire the truth/ Trust not tomorrow vain your prospects are/ And fortune is as fickle as she's fair'. Worked by Mary Hockham, aged 8 years, 1829
Makers and roles
Mary Hockham (b.c.1821), needlework