Embroidered picture, Solomon and the Queen of Sheba Artist: Ann Judson Ashbey Fairbanks Webb (1836–1928)

1853

American Decorative Arts

Not on view
Medium

Wool and linen

Dimensions

22 1/2 × 16 7/8 in. (57.2 × 42.9 cm); Framed: 26 1/2 x 21

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Glen Wright

Accession Number

1942.209

Geography

Made in Mystic, Connecticut

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Textiles

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Provenance
Ann Judson Ashbey Webb (Mrs. Rodolphus L. Webb, 1836–1928), Mystic, Conn.; by descent to her cousin Ethel Mary Moss Wright (Mrs. Glen Wright, born 1875), New Canaan, Conn., and New York; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1942
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Subject

Women artists

Inscriptions

On a paper shipping label with blue borders on back of frame" Made by Ann Judson (commonly / called "Ann Judd") later / Mrs. Webb probably about 1853 / She was a cousin of mine / & lived always in Mystic / Conn," in black ink

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