A Rare Laidwork Embroidered Picture, Dover, New Hampshire, Circa 1750

wool and silk threads on linen

9 ½ in. by 15 ½ in.

depicting a lush flowering landscape with flying birds over a scene of gentleman in a salmon jacket sitting on a tree stump, holding a crook as he shepherds his flock of four sheep with the help of a running dog in the background and another seated dog in the foreground while a lady in a pink dress, black gloves, white apron, and tiara sits on a grassy knoll and picks fruit from a tree placing it in the blue basket on her lap; the verso frame inscribed From Dover, NH.