Needlework picture of Cornelia Presenting Her Children, the Gracchi, as her Treasures. Worked by Mary Beach (1786-1843). White reverse painted glass, carved gilt frame. Based on a stipple engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi, published in November 1788, after Angelica Kauffman's 1785 original painting.
silk (fiber)
watercolor (paint)
Needlework
Needlework
1426.1
Beach, Mary, 1786-1843 (Embroiderer)
Saunders and Beach Ladies Academy
Possibly Doggett, John (American mirror manufacturer, active 1809) (Framer)
Museum Purchase
2016.6.1
Dorchester (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
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