A GEORGE III PAINTED CUTWORK PICTURE, ENGLAND, CIRCA 1800

with a coach and horses, swan, hen and a naval battle scene and with All cut with ... no ... no ....

Stephen/Douglas Antiques, October 1998

Some breaks, small losses to the banding around the portrait medallion of George III; the later fame with nicks and wear to the edges.
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This rather charming picture is very skillfully made - the maker drawing one's attention to it by cutting the whole piece out with scissors.  This is evident in the cut-out inscription in which the maker cuts out a pair of scissors, a feather pen and a knife so that it would read: All cut out with scissors, no pen, no knife.