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Silk picture
Emma Hamilton is supposed to have worked this needlework picture after an illustration of Maria and Yorick in Laurence Sterne's 'Sentimental Journey'. It is said to represent herself and Nelson walking, with a distant prospect of Merton Place. Embroidered in coloured silk on a white silk background with painted hands and faces. In circular frame.
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Object Details
| ID: | TXT0056 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Textiles |
| Type: | Silk picture |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Hamilton, Emma |
| Date made: | Late 18th century |
| Exhibition: | Seduction and Celebrity: The Spectacular Life of Emma Hamilton |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio; Hamilton, Emma Hamilton, Emma |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Nelson-Ward Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 50 mm x 367 mm |
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