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Delightful miniature portrait of a young Regency mother with her newborn child

This delightful double portrait shows a young Regency mother with her sweet little baby. She is wearing a white empire-line dress with a ruff collar fill-in and…

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Portrait Miniatures

Silhouettes

Portraits

Gallimaufry

Small Portraits of Character

Wigs on the Green specialises in fine portrait miniatures, silhouettes, small portraits, and provincial art, predominantly from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Our portraits are selected for their historical interest and character. They are not only by listed artists but also those who painted and drew for their own entertainment and pleasure - true to life portraits, with real character and, often, a pretty face!

New Arrivals

Small silhouette painted on ivory of a lady set within a travelling case

Mrs Chapman

John Field 1836

Reserved

Miniature portrait of a lady by Thomas Hazlehurst

Pearls and Lace

Thomas Hazlehurst

£690

Gold and enamel memorial brooch dated 1786 with a sepia and chopped hair painting

To Bliss

Edward Egremont 1786

£800

A brooch exchanged as a token of love or friendship dated 1792

In Friendship

A.B to K.G., 1792

£475

Silhouette reverse painted on glass by Moriz Denze

The Lace Cap

Moriz Denze

£165

Colourful painted and gilded silhouette of a lady sewing

A Stitch in Time

Circa 1840

£325

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