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1790-1798
GUSN-26028
Embroidered scene from Sterne's Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, depicting Yorick and Maria with her dog. A carriage and the next town in Yorick's journey lie behind them. Frame backed with wallpaper; painted black frame w/ inner and outer (originally) gilt border.
needlework (visual works)
silk (textile)
watercolor (paint)
Silk
Watercolor
Picture, Needlework
On back: ""Made by Maria Jarvis (Phila, Mother of Mrs. Nathaniel Gilman (Exeter)).""
Beneath embroidery on lower left "Maria Jervis fecit." in center: "MARIA" and in lower right " {illegible--from?} Stearne's Journey"
Gilman Garrison House (Exeter, N.H.),
Sterne's Sentimental Journey
Jervis, Maria (Maker)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
23.75 x 19.5 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of William Perry Dudley
1966.1364
1790-1798 (Maria married John Gardiner in 1798.)
Pennsylvania (United States)
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