Fame Adoring Shakespeare's Tomb
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1800
name: label: After
content: Angelica Kauffmann, (Swiss, 1741–1807)
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Oval embroidered silk picture showing a classically draped female figure with wings on her head, strewing flowers on the tomb of Shakespeare. After "Fame Adoring Shakespeare's Tomb," by Angelica Kaufmann. In a landscape with a grassy foreground, architectural element behind the tomb, trees overhead and sky with white clouds. Embroidered in colored silks except for the sky, wings, head, arms and feet, which are painted.
place: label: made in
content: England
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Anonymous Donor from the Fraser/Martin Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1974-100-12
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Object Name
content: Embroidered picture
label: Type
content: Embroidered picture
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on silk foundation, some painted details Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, speckling, knot, and detached chain stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: Frame H x W: 33 x 25.4 cm (13 x 10 in.)