Sampler (USA), 1804 (CH 18489535)

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Sampler (USA), 1804 (CH 18489535)

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In the upper third, a verse flanked by two butterflies, with a stylized floral border below. The verse reads:
My life is a flower. The
time --- to last its
mixt with frost and shook
with ev'ry blast
In the middle third, a scene with a house, a tree, and birds.
In the lower third, a second verse, with urns of flowers on each side. The verse reads:
Virtues the Chiefest
beauty of the mind the noblest ornament of womankind
Virtues our safeguard and our
guiding star that stirs up reason when our ---

With a curving strawberry border with hearts enclosed in upper corners.

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Date

1804
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Source

Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
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Public Domain

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