Mourning Embroidery Dedicated to Members of the Guild Family
c. 1810
Physical Qualities
Silk ground, silk embroidery threads, water color or paint, linen or cotton lliner, Sight: 15 3/4 × 12 1/2 in. (40 × 31.8 cm.); Framed (reproduction): 23 × 19 1/2 × 2 in. (58.4 × 49.5 × 5.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dena S. Katzenberg, Baltimore
Object Number
1975.68.1
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1975; Dena S. Katzenberg.
Inscribed: Written in script by hand and embroidered over the inscription in threads: "Sacred to the Memory of/ Joseph Guild Esq. Aged 59 decd Decm/ 28 1794. Joseph Guild Jr Aged 41 decd 1802/ Amasa Guild Aged 33 dec'd Oct 24 1802/Nat'l Guild Aged 26 decd Sept 7 1805."
