Fame
Selina Skull
Category
Textiles
Date
1800
Materials
Silk, watercolour paint and giltwood
Measurements
495 x 430 x 35 mm
Order this imageCollection
Benthall Hall, Shropshire
NT 509908
Summary
Needlework picture, 'Fame'. Silk, watercolour oval needlework picture of a full-length female figure, seated in profile to the left in a landscape setting. Wearing classical robes and writing the word 'TANCRED' on the trunk of a tree to the left. Two sheep lie in the foreground to the right. Plain giltwood frame, gilt oval slip, black inner border. Inscribed - FAME. S.SKULL. FECIT (painted on glass in gilt on black background). 1800 (circa).
Provenance
Benthall collection.
Marks and inscriptions
FAME. S.SKULL. FECIT (painted on glass in gilt on black background)
Makers and roles
Selina Skull, embroiderer