Oval Format with eglomise spandrel, depicting the two on silk with painted heads and hands, the gent substantially more detailed with an honest effort of portraiture; the remainder in silkwork, including rich drapes and rug, round table and chair from which he is writing a letter. The woman is holding a large document, the background includes an orchard, large cherry tree, a windmill and a ship (presumably he is a merchant). The costume of both is carefully delineated, he in a brown striped suit with striped vest, she is unaccountably in a ball gown without perspective panniers, which put us at about 1780. Housed in what may be the original gold painted rectangular cove frame. Displayed at the Museum of American Folk Art's exhibition "Always in Tune: Music in American Folk Art" from Sept. 1989 to Dec. 1989. OS: 28 1/2" x 23 1/2", SS: 20 1/2" x 16 1/2", light toning, staining.