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Embroidered and painted picture, Moses Rescued by Pharaoh's Daughter
English
early 19th century
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Silk, pigment, metal threads, pearls?; embroidery
Dimensions
28.8 x 34.3 cm (11 5/16 x 13 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Edward C. Moore, and Miss Mary Magoun Brown, in memory of their mother, Mrs. John Crosby Brown
Accession Number50.4005
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWorked on satin ground (originally white), but now painted blue at top shaded to brownish yellow at horizon line, faces and arms and feet of three female figures and upper body and head of infant painted, rest of landscape including foreground, grass, pillars, trees, and palms, and pyramids in background embroidered in long and short, couching, stem, and split stitches with polychrome silks and green chenille; several stains including ink stain, several scratched places.