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Textile fragmentEntry/Object ID
SS.70.12 a-bDescription
Textile fragment, rural dock and landscape scenes: sloops, islands, trees of hot climate. 18th century building and large peaked roof building or palisade with thatched top and arched 18th c. doorway. Family group seated or standing around table: old man (looking like Ben Franklin reading from large volume and holding eyeglasses in left hand, old lady with spindle holding on ground a child who is playing with a dog, other small boy at table reaching for mug). Jugs on ground, pouting young man in tricorne leaning against fence. Another group shows an 18th c. official (?) building, a bagpiper, a boy marching and a man standing near a keg, all on a wharf or dock. Swans and ducks. Also a group with two women and a child around a large urn in which they are doing laundry; across a bridge clothes are hanging on a line beside a well, kegs, small dog and cock nearby. Large rooster on branch above bridge. Sloop with dinghy and two men high on mast. Storage building, mill wheel, tower behind. Braid of same color down left side.Made/Created
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UnknownAttribution
MakerNotes
Dates: 1734 - 1799
Date made: r. 1734 - 1799Dimensions
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1 fragmentDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 2 x 3 ft. (0.6 x 0.9 m.)Dimension Description
1 stripDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 3 x 4 ft. (0.9 x 1.2 m.)Condition
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Remarks: Details of condition: Rectangle c. 8" x 9" torn from upper left of larger piece.General Notes
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