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Superb portrait miniature of Susannah Merest painted by Sampson Towgood Roch

Writing in A Dictionary of Irish Artists (1913) Walter Strickland ranks Roch’s miniatures ‘amongst the best produced by Irish artists’ and this well-modelled portrait is certainly testament to that…

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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

Romantic watercolour portrait of a young lady with her King Charles spaniel

King Charles Spaniel

S. Foncesa, circa 1840

£425

A charming cut and bronzed silhouette of young sisters by Frederick Frith, dated 1839

Maria & Lucy Coldham

Royal Victoria Gallery

£600

Miniature portrait of a young Regency mother with her young son, circa 1805

The Red Shoe

Circa 1805

£750

Watercolour portrait of a child in a checked dress

The Straw Boater

Circa 1830-40

£290

Watercolour profile portrait of a young Regency lady

In Profile

Style of James H. Gillespie

£180

Miniature watercolour profile of a child painted by James H. Gillespie, circa 1810

Strawberry Blonde

James H. Gillespie

£180

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