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View of Boston Common
Hannah Otisabout 1750
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Boston, MA, United States
Affluent girls were educated in the feminine arts of embroidery, painting on glass, and quillwork, as well as in reading and writing. After completing a sampler in their embroidery classes, girls worked pictures that proudly were hung in the family home. While the majority of the pastoral scenes depicted on Boston schoolgirl embroideries are based on European print sources, Otis's chimneypiece is a realistic depiction of Boston Common, with the beacon on Beacon Hill and the stone mansion, built in 1737 by merchant Thomas Hancock, clearly delineated.
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Details
- Title: View of Boston Common
- Creator Lifespan: 1732 - 1801
- Creator Gender: Female
- Date Created: about 1750
- Physical Dimensions: w1339.8 x h615.9 mm
- Type: Textiles
- Rights: Museum purchase with funds donated by a Friend of the Department of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture, a Supporter of the Department of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Barbara L. and Theodore B. Alfond, and Samuel A. Otis, and William Francis Warden Fund, Harriet Otis Cruft Fund, Otis Norcross Fund, Susan Cornelia Warren Fund, Arthur Tracy Cabot Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, Edwin E. Jack Fund, Helen B. Sweeney Fund, William E. Nickerson Fund, Arthur Mason Knapp Fund, Samuel Putnam Avery Fund, Benjamin Pierce Cheney Fund, and Mary L. Smith Fund. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. All Rights Reserved.
- External Link: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/view-of-boston-common-45029
- Medium: Wool, silk, metallic threads, and beads on linen ground; predominately tent stitch; original frame and glass
- City, state, country: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- By: Hannah Otis
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