Oval sampler, embroidered with house and deer park, by Elizabeth Dring

An image of Oval sampler, embroidered with house and deer park. Dring, Elizabeth, maker, England. Inscription and signature ‘Elizabeth Dring was born November the 14 1784 / Finished this sampler February the 20 1808’. Embroidering, height 47 cm, diameter 59 cm, 1808. Acquisition Credit: Given by David and Ann Fulljames.

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Oval sampler, embroidered with house and deer park. Dring, Elizabeth, maker, England. Inscription and signature ‘Elizabeth Dring was born November the 14 1784 / Finished this sampler February the 20 1808’. Embroidering, height 47 cm, diameter 59 cm, 1808. Acquisition Credit: Given by David and Ann Fulljames.

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Accession Number: T.3-2015
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 858 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 903.23kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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19th Century animal animals country house deer deer park Elizabeth Dring embroidered embroidery English gardens gates gateway Georgian houses oval parkland parks residence sampler signature signed stately home stitched stitches stitching textile trees

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