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Reclining Shepherdess
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Embroidered Picture
Reclining Shepherdess
Elizabeth Carr Chipman Stickney (American, 1759–1796)
American
about 1770
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave embroidered with silk; painted paper
Dimensions
Framed: 51.7 x 54 cm (20 5/16 x 21 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Arla Delle Smith in memory of her mother, Philetta Radcliffe Smith
Accession Number2011.351
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFramed embroidery with pictorial scene of a shepherd and a reclining shepherdess. Animals in the foreground and a house in the background. Original frame.
ProvenanceElizabeth Carr Chipman (Mrs. Jonathan) Stickney (b. 1759), Newburyport, MA; by inheritence to her daughter, Judith Stickney (b. 1791); by inheritance to Mrs. F.R. Radcliffe; by inheritance to her daughter, Philetta M. Radcliffe (Mrs. Whitman Smith); 1933, by inheritance to her daugther, Arla Dell Smith, Laguna Niguel, CA; 2011, gift of Arla Smith to the MFA (Accession Date: June 22, 2011)