Lot 228
SAILOR'S WOOLWORK PICTURE
CIRCA 1860
Auction: 14 May 2019 at 11:00 BST
£575
Description
of rectangular form, stitched with a central circular portrait of HMS Cornwallis enclosed by twelve allied flags with tufted wool flagpole finials, within a border of poppies, in a glazed frame
Dimensions
35cm x 52.5cm
Footnote
Note: HMS Cornwallis was the ship on which the Treaty of Nanking was signed, ending the first Opium War.