sampler - Ann Lister 1790. CBE 5 Portraits Girl in spotted blouse

Girl in spotted blouse

Due to thread loss and counting mistakes made by the original stitcher

Her obituary in the local newspaper told of how she was a generous lady and was from a musical family

E Metcalf of Whitby

This traditional sampler of an alphabet

sampler - Ann Lister 1790. CBE 5 Portraits Girl in spotted blouseThe chart measures 128 stitches wide by 205 stitches high. The pattern is stitched in cross stitch and quarter stitches (1 over 1), so suitable for linen. The sampler was stitched by Ann Lister in 1790 . Unfortunately, there is no other information given on the sampler , so it is not possible to identify her or where she stitched the sampler with any certainty. The sampler was generously gifted to Whitby Museum in 1933 by H. M.& Bureh Thornhill of