|| |  

Item Ref. 2862

EDWARD TAYLER RMS (1828-1906)

A portrait of a dapper young gentleman with hazel brown eyes, curled hair and flushed cheeks. He is dressed in a black coat, a black cravat decorated with a gold stick-pin, and a smart tartan waistcoat.

Watercolour on ivory housed in a gilded silver fausse montre frame, the reverse glazed to reveal cream silk. Excellent condition.

Framed size: 25/8 x 21/4" (80 x 58mm) + hanger

Price: £925

Item Ref. 3704

ENGLISH SCHOOL, early 19th century

This is an unusual miniature portrait depicting a classical image of an infant representing St. John the Baptist, dressed only in an animal skin, seated in a rugged landscape (the wilderness) at sunrise with a lamb. It is based on the saying of John the Baptist: “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” (John 1:29).

Watercolour on ivory set in an ornate gilt wood frame with an inner gilt slip. Fine condition.

Framed size: 6¾ x 6" (173 x 157mm)

Price: £475

Item Ref. 3371

SAMUEL JOHN STUMP (1778-1863) attributed to

Reminiscent of Jane Austen, this is a portrait of a young Regency lady with blue eyes and brown hair parted in the middle and drawn back into a knot. She is wearing a blue high-waisted dress with a square décolletage worn with a fine lace fill-in. She also has a red shawl drawn over her shoulders.

"Enough of petticoats! Their reign is o'er.
Our feet unfettered feel their weight no more -
Nought now our free'st movements stops or stays."
So boasts the nymph of these enlightened days.
Not long ago our dames, averse to freeze
Did wear their petticoats below their knees;
But now, not made of such too tender stuff,
They scorn all warmth, a fig-leaf is enough...

This rhyme was typical of the satire that was provoked by the arrival in 1808 of the new fashions from Paris. In a contemporary magazine article, one writer denounced the dresses as "evidently invented by the most profligate of the sex for the purpose of exciting sensuality and inflaming passion".

Watercolour on ivory set with a gilt metal mount in a traditional papier-mâché frame with an acorn hanger. Excellent condition.

Framed Size: 6¼ x 55/8" (161 x 143mm)

S O L D !

Item Ref. 3061

CHARLES HAYTER, (1761-1835)

A portrait of a Regency lady in a white décolleté dress. Her hair is arranged in curls and dressed with an eye-catching woven hair and pearl band. She also wears a bright coral bead necklace. The background is an aqua-blue that matches the lady's eyes.

Watercolour on ivory signed and dated on the obverse: 'C. Hayter 1802'. The portrait is set in the original gold frame glazed on the reverse to display woven hair.
Excellent condition.

Framed size: 23/4 x 23/8" (72 x 60mm)

Price: £875

Item Ref. 2828

ENGLISH SCHOOL, circa 1815

A portrait of a beautiful young Regency lady dressed for the evening in a classical pale pink décolleté gown with a white underslip decorated with a brooch at her corsage, a pearl necklace and large pearl drop earrings. Her hair is arranged in the fashionable ‘à la Madonna’ style with tumbling curls.

Watercolour on ivory set in the original silver oblong frame with canted corners and a solid back. Excellent condition.

Framed size: 33/8 x 23/4" (85 x 70mm) max.

Price: £1,275