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Pencil and Watercolour Portrait of Sophia Lonsdale

This touching likeness of Sophia in her décolleté dress and coral beads was drawn in 1816, a few months after her marriage to John Lonsdale. Sophia was…

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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

Miniature portrait of a gentleman painted by Thomas Richmond

A Receding Hairline

Thomas Richmond (1771-1837)

£1,300

Miniature profile portrait of Ann Haines in the original travelling case and accompanied by her marriage certificate

Ann Haines

With Her Marriage Certificate

Sold

miniature portrait of a little boy painted by Annie Dixon with a later photograph of the sitter on the reverse

Martin Thacky

Annie Dixon (1817-1901)

Sold

girl with stick-f

Wielding a Stick

Early 19th Century

£130

Miniature portrait of a young lady by Irish-born Sampson Towgood Roch

Sampson Towgood Roch

Signed & Dated 1799

Reserved

Cut and gilded silhouette of Isabella Henderson Thomson

Isabella Henderson Thomson

Royal Victoria Gallery

Reserved

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