ENGLISH, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A LARGE NEEDLEWORK PICTURE IN THE STYLE OF MARY LINWOOD
ENGLISH, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The coloured wools worked in long and short stitch to a linen ground, and depicting a peasant before a group of gentlemen, mounted
90 x 115 in. (229 x 292 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Mary Linwood's (1755-1845) copies of old master paintings in crewel wool (named from the crewel or worsted wool used), in which the irregular and sloping stitches resembled brushwork, achieved great fame from the time of her first London exhibition in 1787 and was the school mistress of a private school later known as Mary Linwood Comprehensive School. She received a medal in 1790 from the Society of Arts.

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