Rare Embroidered and Painted Silk Mourning Picture: To the Memory of Gen. Alexr Hamilton, Anonymous, probably New York, circa 1815

Worked in silk, chenille, and paint on silk.

American Needlework Treasures: Samplers and Silk Embroideries from the Collection of Betty Ring at the Museum of American Folk Art  (p. 97, fig. 156.

Some breaks in the silk; discoloration and fading; original black glass mat with areas of exfoliation; original frame and glass.
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This was faithfully copied from an engraving by John Scoles, who worked in New York City from 1793 to 1844. A similar anonymous piece, but without the flag, is in the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (see Hilda Kassell, Stitches in Time, p . 27).