Ann E. Leak with "Scratch My Back" Needlepoint, ca. 1878

Carte De Visite. Very well-composed portrait of Ann with her pair of scissors in her toes, and several needlepoint pieces, including one showing a devil with the motto "Scratch My Back." On verso, written in pen "Idleness is the key of beggary [Charles Spurgeon quote], Ann E.L. Thom[p]son, Ben Without Arms, Zebulon Pike County, Georgia, Dec. 23, 1839."

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