Rare and important canvaswork picture of a young lady and a courtier, Hannah Phillips, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1750

Worked in silk and wool threads in all-over tent stitch on a canvas ground, with a young lady, holding a staff, a courtier dressed in white at her right, a brick house in the background.

Descended in the family of Hannah Phillips, op. cit.

Rough stitches; minor losses; with original backing.
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As with the preceding piece of canvaswork, the present example was likely worked in Boston.