Mary Austen's Mid 19th C. Alphabet Sampler with Many Birds antique studio photos 4 3/16" t x 4

4 3/16" t x 4 1/4" l x 2 3/8" w

Very good conditon

Page size: 11 7/8” x 7 1/2”

The relatively crude manner of the engraving

I believe--hard to know if the younger women here are the wives of the wounded

Mary Austen's Mid 19th C. Alphabet Sampler with Many Birds antique studio photos 4 3/16" t x 4A few losses to this one on the border, and to a couple of numbers but I really love those birds lined up in a row facing in the same direction, and another pair facing each other at the foot of a large tree. Signed by a Mary Austen, and my guess is that the "54" at center right is the year. I like samplers that roll a bunch of things together in what feels like an improvisatory sort of way, and this is very much one of those. 11" x 7 1 8". A bit of