A REGENCY WOOLWORK EMBROIDERED PICTURE OF A LION WITH A SNAKE

A REGENCY WOOLWORK EMBROIDERED PICTURE OF A LION WITH A SNAKE

AFTER JAMES NORTHCOTE, R. A. (1746-1831), EARLY 19TH CENTURY

worked in various stitches with coloured silk and wool, depicting a recumbent lion grappling with a snake in a landscape setting, in a glazed ebonised reeded frame

53.2 x 67.8cm

Provenance

The Sir Michael Codron Collection of Lions.