A NEEDLEWORK PICTURE IN THE STYLE OF MARY LINWOOD
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A NEEDLEWORK PICTURE IN THE STYLE OF MARY LINWOOD

ENGLISH, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A NEEDLEWORK PICTURE IN THE STYLE OF MARY LINWOOD
ENGLISH, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Worked in coloured wools after Frans Snyders, depicting an old woman selling peaches to a fashionable lady, in a George II pine and parcel-gilt frame, with Greek-key design, in the manner of Colen Campbell
Picture: 47 x 36 in. (120 x 91 cm.)
Frame: 55 x 43 in. (140 x 109 cm.)
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Lot Essay

The design is taken from Frans Snyders' painting Fruit Stall, circa 1618-1621, which hung at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, in the collection of Sir Robert Walpole in the 18th century.

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