Museum Object Number1965.1609 A |
Needlework picture (Canvaswork picture)
Fishing Lady
Textiles (Needlework)
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
Probable boarding school.
Silk; Wool; Canvas; Linen; Metallic thread
Embroidered, Woven (plain), Canvaswork
Hand-embroidered
21 (L) , 47.5 (W)
53.34 (L) , 120.65 (W)
Measurements are of the area visible within the frame. There are 24 holes to the inch in the canvas.
Text available soon.
[Book] Pappas, Andrea. 2023 Embroidering the Landscape: Women, Art and the Environment in British North America, 1740 - 1770.
• Published: p. 25, fig. 6
[Book] Parmal, Pamela A. 2012 Women's Work: Embroidery in Colonial Boston.
• Similar: pp. 86-87, fig. 54; nearly identical piece
[Book] Swan, Susan Burrows. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to American Needlework.
• Published: p. 39, fig. 24
[Book] Ring, Betty. 1993 Girlhood Embroidery: American Samplers & Pictorial Needlework 1650-1850. I.
• Similar: p. 44, fig. 40; discussion of fishing lady pictures, pp. 44-53
[Article] Cabot, Nancy Graves. 07//1941 The Fishing Lady and Boston Common. Antiques. 40 (1): 28-31.
• Published: p. 28, fig. 1; discussion of this piece
[Article] Cabot, Nancy Graves. Engravings and Embroideries, The Source of Some Designs in the Fishing Lady Picture. Antiques. 40 (6): 367-369.
• Published: p. 367, fig. 1; Discussion of related needlework designs and design sources
[Book] Ring, Betty. 1993 Girlhood Embroidery: American Samplers & Pictorial Needlework 1650-1850. I.
• Discussion of fishing lady pictures, pp. 44-53