λ A WILLIAM IV FOLK ART NAIVE NEEDLEWORK SILKWORK PICTURE

λ A WILLIAM IV FOLK ART NAIVE NEEDLEWORK SILKWORK PICTURE

BY ELIZABETH GILLARD

worked with coloured silks on a silk ground, in various stitches, including: satin, long and short, depicting the Resurrection, with sleeping soldiers and two angels, the tomb door inscribed 'The Dead Shall Live The Living Die', with watercoloured details, signed and dated 'Elizabeth S. Gillard, May 30th 1834', in a glazed rosewood frame

36.2 x 31.5cm

Provenance

Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.

Literature

James Ayres, 'English Naive Painting 1750-1900', p.145, fig.132.

The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.260 for a discussion of this sampler.