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Sampler, Jessica Maria Wotherspoon, Scottish, Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, back, eyelet, and cross over cross stitches on plain weave foundation, Alphabets and numerals in bands of red and brown followed by 'Jessie Maria Wotherspoon. Edinburgh June tenth one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.', Edinburgh, Scotland, 1839, embroidery & stitching, Sampler