Silk Needlework Memorial Picture

Description:

Silk Needlework Memorial Picture, New England, early 19th century, depicting a young woman in mourning leaning against an urn-topped monument inscribed in ink "To the memory of Mrs. Rebecca Bacon, wife of Ebenezer Bacon Esq. & two of their children...," with a church and cemetery in the background and a large weeping willow in the foreground, watercolor painted facial features and sky, in an oval eglomise mat, (light stains, few insignificant tears),17 1/4 x 15 1/2 in., framed.

Provenance: Northeast Auctions.
Estimate $2,000-3,000

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