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Picture
English or American (?)
19th century
Object Place: England or U.S.A. (?)
Dimensions
39.8 x 48 cm (15 11/16 x 18 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.1027
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionExecution scene (Mary Queen of Scots?) Three men and three women in 16th century style dress. One woman is kneeling before the block, holding a cross to her chest, while the other two console her. The men, one seated, one holding a headsman's axe, look on. Country setting. Polychrome floss silk and chenille yarns purl and spangles over a silk (?) ground. Sky, heads and hands of the figures are painted directly onto the ground. Paint cracked and missing in areas. Mounted on a board.