Sampler (The Brontës—Emily Jane Brontë), Part 3 of 5. 1997. Hand embroidery on linen. 9.25 x 11 in. (23.5 x 27.9 cm)

Emily Jane Brontë: Finished this Sampler
April the 22nd 1828.
                                                Elaine Reichek

Sampler (The Brontës—I Am Pleased), Part 4 of 5. 1997. Hand embroidery and beading on linen. 10.375 x 14.25 in. (26.4 x 36.2 cm)

I am pleased that you cannot quite decide whether
I am \ of the soft or the hard sex / an attorney’s
clerk or a novel-reader dress-maker. . . . I had better
bind myself apprentice to a chemist & druggist if I am a
young gentleman or to a Mantua maker & milliner if I am
a young lady. . . .

                                                         Charlotte Brontë, 1840