AMER AUGUST 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, August 24, 2015.
FINE MEMORIAL NEEDLEWORK BY MARY ANN LONG, 1823 BALTIMORE, MD. The pictorial needlework having a large stepped memorial stone below which a 5 step stairs. Above the memorial is a figure with 2 birds and at the half way mark 2 small eagles. The memorial stone having a plaque "Sacred to the memory of those brave men who fell in defense of Baltimore, September the 12th 1816". On the left side of the monument are 3 trees, on the right side a man with black top hat, a tree and 2 small animals. The piece signed "Mary Ann Long, aged 9 years, August the 22, 1823". All surrounded by a 3 inch flower vine border. Stitched and mounted to a dark fabric and housed in a modern gilt frame behind glass. SIZE: 21" h x 19" w. Overall 27" h x 25-1/2" w. PROVENANCE: From the personal estate collection of John W. Armiger Jr. CONDITION: Some foxing and light toning, structurally very good. 49055-82 (2,500-3,500) WAG0