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A SAMPLER BY THE CHILDREN OF THE MERCHANT SEAMAN ORPHAN ASYLUM
Lot 458

A SAMPLER BY THE CHILDREN OF THE MERCHANT SEAMAN ORPHAN ASYLUM

DATED 1847

Closed6 March 2012

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A SAMPLER BY THE CHILDREN OF THE MERCHANT SEAMAN ORPHAN ASYLUM
DATED 1847
Dedicated to the Reverend Edward Boyle, the natural linen ground worked with a religious prayer, encircled by birds and floral spot motifs, within a flowering vine leaf border
11 x 9 in. (28 x 23 cm.)
Framed and glazed

Specialist note

The Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum was founded in 1827 and provided charitable education for the orphaned children of navy seamen. At the time this sampler was executed, the charity was housed in Bow Road, London. It subsequently moved to Snaresbrook in 1862 and from there, relocated to Bear Wood, Berkshire in 1921. The charity is still in existence today, although the orphan asylum is now Bearwood College, a day and boarding school.