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English Sampler Collection
(C.1879-82)
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A collection of eight Victorian samplers, all embroidered by the same young girl -- Elizabeth E. Jacobs from Long Stowe, England. Young Elizabeth created the smaller embroideries in this collection as experimental pieces in learning the different embroidered stitches, motifs and designs in the art of needlework. Her samplers were embroidered between 1879 to 1882, at the ages of 10 to 13. All were most likely done while Elizabeth attended the Church of England School (note the reference to the Queen and the verse from Prov. I.VIII). The large sampler, with the decorative objects, would have been the final piece of the series as a testament to the maker's skills. |
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 Worked in cotton cross stitch with EEJ (Elizabeth Jacobs) with the alphabet in two types of script above a band containing a vase of flowers, a kettle, a butterfly, buildings, birds and a basket of fruit, all in saxen blue, red brown, sea green and ochre cottons on a canvas ground. (11.5"x16.5"). |
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 By Elizabeth Jacobs 1879 in shades of mauve, ochre, pale blue, sage green and beige on a natural linen ground. (6"x6") with a verse from Prov. I, VIII:" Hear the instruction of thy father And forsake not the law of thy mother" |
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 By E. Jacobs with 67 buttonholes in shades of green, blue, mauve, cottons on a natural linen ground. Probably done in 1879. (4.5"x6) |
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 With a verse in taupe shaded cotton on a natural linen ground with a blue border. (6"x8"):"JESU, Lover of my soul,
Let me to thy bosom fly,
While the gathering waters roll,
While the tempest still is high,
Fear God, Honour the Queen" |
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Embroidered by E. Jacobs in 1882. |
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Embroidered by E. Jacobs in 1882. |
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Embroidered by E. Jacobs in 1882. |
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 By Elizabeth Jacobs, Long Stowe, 1882, Church of England School, aged 13 years. (8"x8"). With a verse: "The day is past and over,
All thanks O Lord to thee: I pray thee now that sinless The hours of dark may be: O JESU, keep me in thy sight, And guard me through the coming night. Lead us not into temptation."
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Photograph: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-nclc-04079]
Sampler photos courtesy of : Victoriana.Com, Antique Marketplace |
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