Elizabeth Parker’s Sampler/Diary: The Autobiographical Needle

Relying on an unusual stitched text made by a young servant in the 1830s, this essay sets out to explore the Victorian sampler as a didactic tool designed to inculcate desirable behaviour as well as literacy and numeracy in young girls. Often viewed as repetitive exercises designed to enforce social...

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Main Author: Róisín Quinn-Lautrefin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée 2023-03-01
Series:Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cve/13800
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