1842 embroidered sampler by Rachel Catherine van Akeng?
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1842 embroidered sampler by Rachel Catherine van Akeng? Age 12. Kingston, May 1842. Depicting a black figure walking amongst chickens by a house with a figure firing a musket, goat or sheep nearby. Cornucopia and lyre motifs in sky centering a 6-line verse. Floral garland border. Framed under glass. Possibly Kingston, Jamaica. Sight: 17 x 24in. Overall: 18.75 x 26in.Not examined out of frame. Staining along top and bottom border. Fading to colors.
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1842 embroidered sampler by Rachel Catherine van Akeng?
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