Shepherd and Shepherdess
Ann Gardner
ca. 1770 · Linen embroidered with wool and silk threads; decorated with paper · The American Wing
The image of a reclining shepherdess is common to a Boston embroidery school (or schools). The inked outline drawing that was filled with embroidery is still apparent at the top of the linen support. Ann Gardner did not complete the picture; at a later date another hand added the long silk stitches in the pond and pasted on the gentleman’s paper face.
- Artist
- Ann Gardner
- Date
- ca. 1770
- Medium
- Linen embroidered with wool and silk threads; decorated with paper
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Bequest of Mabel Herbert Harper, 1957
