Needlework Mourning Picture for Elizabeth Peck

Description:

Needlework Mourning Picture for Elizabeth Peck, possibly Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1805, depicting a draped urn on a stone plinth with inked memorial inscription, woman in black gown, and two children planting flowers, all beneath a large willow tree, eglomise mat inscribed "M. PECK," in a gilt molded frame with oval aperture, ht. 12 1/2, wd. 10 3/4 in.

Provenance: Elliot and Grace Snyder, December 5, 1999.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $800-1,200

Glass is cracked, but intact.


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