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Needlework - "Pointing the Neophyte Toward the City of Knowledge"

1919-26-0

Picture depicts Pallas Athena and the Neophyte with temple in background. Features of faces, sky, and hair are painted in tempera. The figures stand on a ribbed satin stitch greensward which is worked in ombre hands shading from teal green at bottom to ivory on the mount approaching the Temple. The foliage masses of the two trees to the left and right are also shaded in this manner with the darker colors in the center. The flowing robes of both figures are also worked in ribs while the Temple and rocaille elements are in simple satin stitch. The lamb who looks out with interest at the beholder has a chenille body with face and legs in satin stitch. Framed under glass

Completed by Lucretia Champion Bacon, who attended the Litchfield Female Academy in 1799. She also completed a similar work, 1949-04-1.

• Bacon, Lucretia Champion, 1783-1882

ca. 1800-1810

16 1/4"h x 15 3/8"w framed

• watercolor
• linen
• wood
• silk