PROBABLY BRITISH PICTORIAL MOURNING NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, wool on linen, top with rows of epitaph verses signed "Harriet Hinchliffe.s / Work" at the end, center featuring a church building labeled "Marple / Church" having a graveyard with blank headstones in the yard, three with initials of two "C H" and one "W H", surrounded by various pictorial motifs including trees, birds, cherubs, and a flower urn, all encompassed by a scrolling floral vine border. Housed under glass in a modern frame. 19th century. 24 1/2" x 21 5/8" sight, 26 1/2" x 23 1/2" OA.
Very good visual condition with toning and scattered stains, some losses to wool thread, small holes along the edges caused by stretcher nails/tacks, two moderate holes to top and bottom edges, a few scattered small holes, frame with minor wear and surface scratches, some losses along bottom notably to lower right corner. Not examined out of frame.
Provenance: From the Douglas Hare collection, Palmyra, NY.
Catalogue Note: The church depicted may be the All Saints Churchyard located in Marple, Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.

Very good visual condition with toning and scattered stains, some losses to wool thread, small holes along the edges caused by stretcher nails/tacks, two moderate holes to top and bottom edges, a few scattered small holes, frame with minor wear and surface scratches, some losses along bottom notably to lower right corner. Not examined out of frame.