Sold for:
$4,700
$4,700
Silk Needlework and Watercolor Memorial Picture, Richardson Family, c. 1820, depicting two painted urn-topped monuments beneath a willow tree, inscribed "Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Hannah Richardson who died May 31st 1820 Aged 36," the other "Sacred to the memory of John Gilson who died April 21st 1816 Ae 7 wks.," two painted gravestones in a solidly stitched foreground, flowering tree and a small church, the background with painted hills and blue sky, in a gilt and eglomise mat, framed, 24 x 24 1/4 in. Provenance: From a private needlework collection. Provenance: From a private needlework collection.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2002-02-24
