Sampler, Maria Handsley, Medium: linen and silk Technique: embroidery (for pattern only), Geometric stepped fret in each corner with floral vines. Top has sun with flowers on each side., Sampler reads: 'Since all the downward tracts of time/ Gods watchfull eye surveys/ Or who so wise to chuse our lot/ And regulate our ways/ Since none can doubt his equal love/ Unmeasurably kind/To his unerring gracious will/Be every wish resigned.', Immediately below the verse are two chevron bands. In the center of panel is a bouquet of flowers and at the botton is a tall building with a tree on each side. In tiny letters under the building: MARIA HANDSLEY () 1810., England, 1810, embroidery & stitching, Sampler