Watercolor and Needlework Picture Courting Scene Probably Connecticut c.1810 This picture is a stunning watercolor on silk enhanced with a relatively small amount of embroidery. Note the subtle blending of embroidery with the beautifully painted flowering border, and central picture. Pastoraling was a popular courting activity from the mid-18th through the early 19th century. Courting couples would dress in their finery and find a bucolic setting to enjoy each other's company often pretending they were shepherd and shepherdess as depicted in this pleasing picture. The scene was taken from a print source and worked at an academy by at student probably in her mid-teens. The picture may have been worked at Deerfield Academy in MA or Sarah Pierce's Academy in Litchfield, CT. Watercolor and silk stitching on silk; 20 ½" x 22 ¾" with the original frame. Sold STEPHEN & CAROL HUBER (860) 388-6809 View Other Silk Embroidered Pictures