Alphabets in Blue with Wavering Lines and Many Extra Tries, Early 19th C. Practice Sampler handmade figures 22 7/8" x 14 1/2"

22 7/8" x 14 1/2" x 7/8"

perhaps especially for the beautifully rendered (in graphite) lace collar and cuffs

creasing along bottom edge of photo

They took great care of them too

Closed it measures 9 1/2" t x 5/8" wide and deep

Alphabets in Blue with Wavering Lines and Many Extra Tries, Early 19th C. Practice Sampler handmade figures 22 7/8" x 14 1/2"A perfect example of the sort of sampler I love one filled with personality, completely radiating the hand and humanity of the girl who made it, in this case surely quite a young one. Just look at those completely wonky wavering free hand lines separating each row of letters, and then the back to back repetition of certain letters SSS, UU, WWW, YY as if the second or third try would be the charm. And brown thread for just a few, disrupting the blue of