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CORNELIA, MOTHER OF THE GRACCHI silk embroidery from Huber

CORNELIA, MOTHER OF THE GRACCHI
"THESE ARE MY JEWELS"
Boston, Massachusetts area circa 1810

Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, was a popular subject for young ladies in New England. A second-century BC Roman matron, Cornelia, the widowed mother of three children, had a reputation for goodness and wisdom. A rich woman is showing Cornelia her box of jewels and then asked to see hers. Cornelia pointed to her children and said "These are my jewels". Her young boys grew up to be exemplary statesmen, though both were murdered as a result of their good doings. Several embroidered pictures from different schools were based on an engraving entitled Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi by Francesco Bartolozzi (1729-1815), after a 1785 painting by Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807) published in London in 1788.

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	CORNELIA, MOTHER OF THE GRACCHI "THESE ARE MY JEWELS" Boston, Massachusetts area circa 1810 Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, was a popular subject for young ladies in New England. A second-century BC Roman matron, Cornelia, the widowed mother of three children, had a reputation for goodness and wisdom. A rich woman is showing Cornelia her box of jewels and then asked to see hers. Cornelia pointed to her children and said "These are my jewels". Her young boys grew up to be exemplary statesmen, though both were murdered as a result of their good doings. Several embroidered pictures from different schools were based on an engraving entitled Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi by Francesco Bartolozzi (1729-1815), after a 1785 painting by Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807) published in London in 1788. Silk on silk Sold
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