Lot 71
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A SILK-ON-LINEN NEEDLEWORK PICTURE

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A SILK-ON-LINEN NEEDLEWORK PICTURE
SIGNED "MARTHA D. BALL," AMERICAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Worked in polychrome silk threads on a linen ground with a house surmounted by a flag on a hillock above a house perched beside a river with a sailboat, a rowboat and a group of ducks, and a bridge running beside a landscape depicting a farmer and cows beneath a group of trees above the inscription "Wrought by Martha D. Ball" (some loss to linen)--14 1/4 x 12 1/8in.

Lot Essay

The scene is probably a view of Mount Vernon and the Potomac River.
Martha Dandridge Ball is the granddaughter of Charles Washington, the brother of George.