Seated Lady in a Landscape
Selina Skull
Category
Textiles
Date
1810
Materials
Silk, watercolour and wood
Measurements
430 x 360 mm
Collection
Benthall Hall, Shropshire
NT 510198
Summary
Needlework picture, 'Seated Lady in a Landscape'. Silk, watercolour oval needlework picture of a full-length female figure seated in profile turned to her right, wearing 18th century costume and plumed hat against classical urn on plinth and tree. Gilt moulded and beaded. Inscribed - Fred Ketch Ltd, Fine Art Gallery, Bridge Street, Taunton (label on reverse), 23/14 H282 return picture (on reverse in pencil). 1810 (circa).
Provenance
Benthall collection.
Marks and inscriptions
23/14 H282 return picture (on reverse in pencil)
Makers and roles
Selina Skull, embroiderer