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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

A pair of Regency ivory satin wedding shoes

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Circa 1810

£200

Watercolour portrait of a lady in a wonderful hat painted by Irish artist John Moreau

An Irish Colleen

John Moreau, circa 1825

£210

Superb portrait miniature of Susannah Merest painted by Sampson Towgood Roch

Susannah Merest

Sampson Towgood Roch

£2,200

Unusual silhouette reverse painted on convex glass

Rev. Watkins

Circa 1820

Reserved

A pair of silhouettes painted on plaster of Mr & Mrs Turner of Rook's Nest painted by John Field.

Mrs C. H. Turner

Miers & Field, 1823

Reserved

A pair of silhouettes painted on plaster of Mr & Mrs Turner of Rook's Nest painted by John Field.

Mr C. H. Turner

Miers & Field, 1823

Reserved

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