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


 

A Victorian sampler 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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