untitled sampler (From Principles of Friendship), Leah Townsend

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untitled sampler (From Principles of Friendship), 1815
Where object was made: England, United Kingdom
Material/technique: cross-stitching; silk thread; satin stitch; embroidering; wool
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 53.34 x 46.99 cm
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 21 x 18 1/2 in
Credit line: Source unknown
Accession number: 0000.0959
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Nine-year -old Leah Townsend’s sampler is dedicated to the memory of the late Reverend Robert Marshman, a Baptist pastor. The growing importance of dissenter churches in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century marks the lessening of the established Church of England’s hold over the institutions governing society.

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