Lot Essay
Stuck to the back is an inscribed paper saying this was "taken from a History in the Late American war"
Details
A mourning picture by Mary Smith 1796 embroidered in coloured silks in long stitch "In Memory of Emma Corbet", with Virtue seated under a tree in a rural landscape--12½ x 11in. (31 x 27cm), in black and gold glass mount, framed