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Needlework picture (Canvaswork picture)
Fishing Lady: The Reclining Shepherdess
Temperance Parker
1745-1775
Category
Textiles (Needlework)
Creator/Artist/Maker
Temperance Parker (Maker)
Place of Origin
Barnstable; Massachusetts; Barnstable; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Linen
- Silk
- Wool
Museum Object Number
1962.0586 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1962.0586 A
Object Name
Needlework picture (Canvaswork picture)
Title
Fishing Lady: The Reclining Shepherdess
Category
Textiles (Needlework)
Creator (Role)
Temperance Parker (Maker)
Place of Origin
Barnstable; Massachusetts; Barnstable; New England; United States; North America
Secondary Place of Origin
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Secondary Origin Notes
Probable school.
Date
1745-1775
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: On original backboard
Inscription: "Mr. Andrew Parker & Wife name Temperance Parker / Picture worked by Temperance Parker. Supposed / to be at the present time about 150 years since / she was born. / Making picture about 125 to 150 years old. / Novenber 15, 1875. / Barnstable, Massachusetts. / (Cape Cod) / Copy of desciption of picture written by William / Robinson. This copy made Nov. 2, 1913."
Type: Label
Location: On the reverse
Inscription: "62.586" (graphite)
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Linen
- Silk
- Wool
Techniques
- Embroidered
- Woven (plain)
- Canvaswork
Construction Description
Hand-embroidered
Dimensions (inches)
16.37 (W) x 13.37 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
41.58 (W) x 33.96 (L)
Measurement Notes
The measurements are of the area visible within the frame. Canvas count: 27-29 holes to the inch.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Pappas, Andrea. 2023 Embroidering the Landscape: Women, Art and the Environment in British North America, 1740 - 1770.
• Published: p. 78, fig. 31Book: Swan, Susan Burrows. 1977 Plain & Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850.
• Published: p.56, fig. 24Book: Ring, Betty. 1993 Girlhood Embroidery: American Samplers & Pictorial Needlework 1650-1850. I.
• Similar: p. 44, fig. 41Book: Parmal, Pamela A. 2012 Women's Work: Embroidery in Colonial Boston.
• Similar: p. 89, fig 56Book: Ring, Betty. 1993 Girlhood Embroidery: American Samplers & Pictorial Needlework 1650-1850. I.
• Discussion of fishing lady pictures, pp. 44-53