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.

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