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Maker(s):Unknown; Bartolozzi, Francesco (printmaker); Kauffmann, Angelica (maker)
Culture:British (late 18th century); Italian (1727-1815); Swiss (1741-1807)
Title:Embroidery of "Shakespeare's Tomb"
Date Made:1785-1800
Type:Needlework
Materials:silk, color, ink
Measurements:frame: 14 1/2 in x 12 1/4 in x 1 1/8 in; 36.8 cm x 31.1 cm x 2.9 cm; image: 11 3/4 in x 9 1/2 in; 29.8 cm x 24.1 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1981.42
Credit Line:Gift of Margaret Olds Strahl
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
1981-42.jpg

Description:
Oval-shaped image depicting a woman with wings on her head, standing in profile on the left, decorating a tomb with flowers.

Tags:
costume; deaths; monuments; mourning

Subjects:
Silk

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