Shakespeare Inscribed S. M. R. Coriolanus Act V, scene III New York, NY c.1825 Magnificent silk embroidered picture depicting Shakespeare's play "Coriolanus" worked by a young schoolgirl, probably in her mid-teens, with the initials S. M R. Coriolanus vows to steel his heart against them but allows them to approach, his mother kneels before him and begs him to make peace. She tells him that she will block his path to Rome: "thou shalt no sooner / March to assault thy country than to tread... on thy mother's womb that brought thee to this world." Meanwhile, his son pledges that when he has grown older, he will fight against his father. Coriolanus, moved, starts to leave, but his mother stops him and asks him again to make an honorable peace, one that rewards Romans and Volscians (Coriolanus' adopted army) alike, rather than destroy his native city. When he does not reply, she makes ready to return to Rome and "die among our neighbors", but Coriolanus has been won over; he pledges to make peace immediately. Silk, metallic thread, and watercolor on silk; 35 ½" x 42 ½" framed. $4,500 STEPHEN & CAROL HUBER (860) 388-6809 View Other Silk Embroidered Pictures