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Toy soldiers and real battles: A knitted depiction of the Death of Major Peirson, 6 January 1781

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Saturday, June 22, 2019

A knitted depiction of the Death of Major Peirson, 6 January 1781

The Death of Major Peirson, 6 January 1781 is a 1783 large oil painting by John Singleton Copley. It depicts the death of Major Francis Peirson at the Battle of Jersey on 6 January 1781. This is a knitted depiction of this painting  made by Nancy Le Clerq in 1987 (Jersey Museum & Art Gallery).











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