Artist: Blake, William, designer - British artist, 1757-1827; Date(s): circa 1790 - circa 1800; Classification(s): embroidery, embroidered picture, weaving, linen embroidered in shades of green, buff, pale brown, brown, and pale reddish-brown crewel wools with yellow silk; Acquisition: allocated by H.M. Treasury, 1985, Allocated by H.M. Treasury through the Minister of the Arts in lieu of capital taxes on the death of Sir Geoffrey Keynes [T.3-1985]
Description: Linen ground, with a picture of two hares embroidered in shades of green, buff, pale brown, brown, and pale reddish-brown crewel wools with yellow silk highlights. Erratic long and short stitch, stem stich with some couching, an example of 'needle painting'. It is mounted on a wooden stretcher; underside threads are seated with glue
