Fine and Rare Painted and Embroidered Silk Picture, Wrought by Sally Bent at Mrs. Saunders and Miss Beach's Academy, Dorchester, Massachusetts, circa 1804

the figures of the "monarch" and "rural maid" rendered, along with trees and grass, in silk stitches on a white silk ground; the flock of sheep, at left in wool French Knots; all within the original black glass églomisé mat inscribed Wrought by Sally Bent, At Mrs. Saunders and Miss Beach's Academy Dorchester. 1804; in the original giltwood and gesso frame.

C.F. Hovey Co. Boston, Massachusetts.

With some exfoliation to black-painted areas; retains original wood backing with a postal label for Mrs. C. Fred Hartshorn, 27 West St. Walpole, Massachusetts.
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