Sampler by Hannah S. Wolcott (1785-1848) MA, Circa 1800

Worked in silk threads and human hair in satin

Inscribed:

Hannah S Wolcott On Music

Music the fiercest grief

can charm

And fates severest rage disarm

Music can soften pain to ease

And make despair and madness please.

Property of the Philadelphia Museum of Art , Sotheby's , NYC, 25 - 26 January 2013

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