Rare Embroidered and Painted Silk Picture: Sarah K. Hawkins at Mrs. Saunders and Miss Beach's Academy, Dorchester, Massachusetts, circa 1805

the wool and silk embroidery reads At length he found and woo'd the rural maid, / She knew the Monarch, and with fear obey'd, the original églomisé glass panel inscribed wrought by Sarah K Hawkins, at Mrs. Saunders & Miss Beaches Academy / Dorchester; in original frame with original backboard.

A crack in the glass in the upper left-hand corner. Some breaks and tears in the upper portion of the embroidery and the silk has darkened.
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