A Lady with a Dog
Selina Skull
Category
Textiles
Date
1800
Materials
Silk, watercolour paint, glass and giltwood
Measurements
430 x 365 mm
Order this imageCollection
Benthall Hall, Shropshire
NT 509910
Summary
Needlework picture, 'A Lady with a Dog'. Silk, watercolour oval needlework picture of a full-length female figure, seated below a tree in profile to the right in a landscape setting. Wearing long gown, holding hunting horn and bending over to small dog on right. A church in background to right. Glazed in oval giltwood frame, gadrooned and beaded borders. Inscribed - SELINA SKULL (written in felt tip on brown paper backing). 1800 (circa).
Provenance
Benthall collection.
Marks and inscriptions
SELINA SKULL (written in felt tip on brown paper backing)
Makers and roles
Selina Skull, embroiderer