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Exploring Eliot

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A project exploring the fantastic George Eliot collections at Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery, Nuneaton Library and Herbert Art Gallery & Museum.

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This sampler was made by Mary Ann Tidye in 1813 at age 11. Herbert Art Gallery & Museum houses an impressive collection of samplers stitched in the 19thC by girls as young as nine. As a child, George Eliot would have produced comparable work. 🪡🧵#FindingMiddlemarch🔎 exploringeliot.org/FM/7

This sampler was made by Mary Ann Tidye in 1813 at age 11. <a href="/The_Herbert/">Herbert Art Gallery & Museum</a> houses an impressive collection of samplers stitched in the 19thC by girls as young as nine. As a child, George Eliot would have produced comparable work. 🪡🧵#FindingMiddlemarch🔎 exploringeliot.org/FM/7