Schoolgirl House Sampler by "Mary Monks"

Depicting A Red Brick House and a Stone Cottage 
Surrounded by other Motifs including, Sailing Ships, Birds, Animals, Trees and Plants

Inscribed with the Verse:

" Could the creatures help of ease us,
Seldom would we think of pray'r,
Few if any, come to Jesus
Till reduc'd to self despair,
Long we either slight or doubt him,
But when all the mens we try
Prove we cannot do without him,
The at last to him we cry. "

"Mary Monks's Work 1828"

18" high x 18" wide

Ref: 9755