American Silk-Work Embroidered and Painted Mourning Picture, circa 1801, watercolor and silk thread on cream silk ground depicting a tomb beneath a weeping willow in a verdant park, a town of fine buildings across an inlet, whence departs a three-masted ship; inscribed on attached cartellino: “In Memory of Hans Sandborn Jun, who departed this life March 30th y. 1801, aged 20 months”, in glazed giltwood frame.
9 ⅞ in. x 14 ⅜ in. Framed 11 ¼ in. x 15 ¾ in.
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