Sampler made at a charity school
L. Matthews
1853 · Cotton embroidery on linen · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
The earliest British charity schools for poor and orphaned children were founded around the country by local gentry to support and educate children whose families lived in the vicinity. In the eighteenth century, the number of institutions increased significantly. Arguably the most famous of these is the Foundling Hospital in London established by Thomas Coram in 1741; the charity still exists today as the Thomas Coram Foundation for Children. This sampler was probably made to be included in a book of stitching exercises.
- Artist
- L. Matthews
- Date
- 1853
- Medium
- Cotton embroidery on linen
- Culture
- British
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- From the Collection of Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper, Bequest of Mabel Herbert Harper, 1957
