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EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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A REGENCY EMBROIDERED AND PAINTED SILKWORK PICTURE
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Depicting a half length girl feeding a rabbit, in a gilt-composition beaded and lappeted frame, with remains of an old label on the reverse inscribed 'Muspratt/...grandfather.../John.../Adela/[and in a later hand] STITCHED BY A MEMBER OF THE MUSPRATT FAMILY C. 1795-1805', the blue background overpainted
14½ x 17½ in. (37 x 45 cm.) including frame
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Depicting a half length girl feeding a rabbit, in a gilt-composition beaded and lappeted frame, with remains of an old label on the reverse inscribed 'Muspratt/...grandfather.../John.../Adela/[and in a later hand] STITCHED BY A MEMBER OF THE MUSPRATT FAMILY C. 1795-1805', the blue background overpainted
14½ x 17½ in. (37 x 45 cm.) including frame
Provenance
The Muspratt family.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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Sale room notice
This embroidery is after the pastel 'The Favourite Rabbit' by John Russell, RA (1745-1806)