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Description
Fine and Rare "Fishing Lady" Canvaswork Picture, Piping Shepherd and Shepherdess
Boston, Massachusetts, Circa 1740-1770
Finely wrought, silk and wool embroidery on linen ground, tent stich
Attributed to the Boston School of “Fishing Lady” Needlework. This needlework displaying an upright couple within an elaborate pastoral landscape featuring animals and flowers; depicted is a man in red coat with horn followed by a running dog, and a lady wearing a pink striped dress carrying floral basket on her head and staff in her hand. The work includes flanking trees, birds and butterflies; a black and white spotted dog, three lambs, and flowering plants, all before a large house on hillock issuing smoke from chimney. LITERATURE: A closely related needlework picture dated 1746, (Winterthur collection), is illustrated in Betty Ring's Girlhood Embroidery, volume I, page 46, figure 43. Betty mentions another in Historical Society of Old Newbury. (The work remains on original stretcher and is mounted within a period frame that may also be original; some thread thinning and fading, else fine and original; frame: 23 x 17.25”; view: 19.75 x 14”)

Origin:	United States, Massachusetts
Period:	18th Century
Materials:	Silk and wool on linen, tent stich
Creation Date:	ca. 1740-1770
Styles / Movements:	Folk Art, Americana, Traditional
Dealer Reference #:	1202-14
Incollect Reference #:	444787