This impressive needlework picture was embroidered by a nine-year-old girl in Newburyport, Massachusetts. The artwork was made during the early part of the 19th century, and features a three-story federal mansion in an idyllic scene set across a wide stream. The mansion’s front garden is filled with beautiful flowering vines, while people and animals roam throughout the colorful landscape.⁠ ⁠ Newburyport Needlework Picture, Artist unidentified, c. 1805–1810. Silk on linen, 16 1/4 x 17 1/2". Collection American Folk Art Museum, New York. Gift of Ralph Esmerian, 2013.1.48. Photo courtesy Sotheby's.⁠ ⁠