An oval embroidered picture, worked in coloured wools and painted details on a silk ground, with a kneeling figure in classical dress clasping a bracelet around the wrist of a young girl at a well, with a sheep looking on, possibly representing the betrothal of Moses and Zipporah, one of the seven daughters of Jethro--21.5 x 18.5in. (54 x 47cm.), early 19th century, framed and glazed

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An oval embroidered picture, worked in coloured wools and painted details on a silk ground, with a kneeling figure in classical dress clasping a bracelet around the wrist of a young girl at a well, with a sheep looking on, possibly representing the betrothal of Moses and Zipporah, one of the seven daughters of Jethro--21.5 x 18.5in. (54 x 47cm.), early 19th century, framed and glazed

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