Our Life is Never at a Stand, Its Like a Fading Flower, Lovely and Poignant 1839 Sampler, Elizer Merchant orange and green Gorgeously aged painted surfaces with

Gorgeously aged painted surfaces with alligatoring here and there and a bunch of worm holes freckling him

and a series of scrolls announcing the drawing as the work of a young Annie Darragh

with all but one tiny piece for the very southern tip of South American present

so I am quite confident this dates to just about then

This vase is the perfect size to use all of the time

Our Life is Never at a Stand, Its Like a Fading Flower, Lovely and Poignant 1839 Sampler, Elizer Merchant orange and green Gorgeously aged painted surfaces withOur life is never at a stand its like a fading flower death that is always near at hand came near every our 1839. Quite a lot of life and poetry in that! Including in how the lines are divided. And then dogs and cats and hearts and birds and baskets and flowers of many sorts. I admire a lot of samplers, but this one was, without a second of hesitation, for me. I think our Elizer Merchant was an old soul. 13 7 16" x 12 1 2" framed. Good antique