English Embroidery Collection (C.1879-82)
Embroidered by "Elizabeth E. Jacobs"


 

Sampler by Elizabeth Jacobs, Long Stowe, 1880 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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