Portrait of a Couple
Artist
MARY ANN PORTER
Date1797
MediumEmbroidered in silk
Dimensions25 in x 20 in
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Mary I. Rustedt
Object number1972.21.1
DescriptionDepicts the artist and her brother in their garden in England. Their faces and arms are thin slices of painted ivory, while the rest of the scene is embroidered in silk threads. It is signed at the bottom in embroidery: Mary Ann Porter 1797On View
Not on viewCollections
mid 19th cent
Mary Louise Sawyer
