Lancaster, Pennsylvania silk on linen needlework sampler, dated 1808, inscribed Fannie Rine a daughter of Christian and Barbera Rine was born in the borough of Lancaster the 26th day of September, 1796 and made the sampler in Mrs. Armstrong's school A.D. 1808, with seated young girl and lamb under a willow tree, with floral vine border, 18" x 16 3/4". A sampler by Willamina Rine is in the Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York. Evidence strongly suggests the Fannie was the nickname of Willamina's older sister Veronica. For a similar example see Betty Ring, Girlhood Embroideries, page 421, fig. 468. Provenance: Purchased from Amy Finkel at the Folk Art Show in New York 2003.