This realistic still-life 82 depicts subjects that are traditionally difficult to paint, almost as if to prove the artist’s skills. Two lovely goblets and a large glass pitcher with an elaborate metal holder allows the artist to deftly indicate the reflections in the glass and metal. It is placed on a tablecloth, or perhaps a rug, with an elaborate pattern.

Signed A. Naggy 83, this work is a lively depiction of poppies and has an interesting inscription on the back, “Poppies, For my Birthday” 1936. Were the poppies something she painted for her birthday? Or on her birthday? Or did someone give her poppies as a birthday gift? Regardless, they look as if they are happily dancing in the breeze.

Abigail Hawley Lockwood was the daughter of Eliphalet Lockwood 1, and sister of Buckingham 2.  She only lived to the age of 18. This embroidered and painted silk work 84 would have been the type of handiwork that young women, of a certain stature, were taught from an early age.