Needlework Mourning Sampler

Needlework Mourning Sampler, "Hannah M. Elkins Born in Windham/O-- --th 1814/Wrought in 1829," Maine, stitched with silk threads on a linen ground, with alphabets and "Friendship" and mourning verses, over a large weeping willow and Federal house with fenced yard, enclosed in a geometric flowering border, (minor imperfections), 25 3/4 x 26 3/4 in., (sight), in a later tiger maple veneer frame. Note: An Internet search found Hannah M. Elkins is buried at the Mayberry Cemetery in Windham, Maine. She died Aug 25, 1844, at the age of 29 years, 10 months. Minor fading, toning, some stitch losses to lettering.