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Item Ref. 4309

MISTRESS OF OSBOURNE HOUSE

This pretty young lady is understood to be Lady Isabella Fitzroy who in later life sold her house and vast estate on the Isle of Wight to none other than the Queen. Here she is depicted wearing a white décolleté dress with a copper-coloured shawl. Her dark hair has been looped over her ears and drawn back into a plaited knot.

Watercolour on ivory set in a traditional papier-mâché frame with an emblems (rose, thistle and shamrock) hanger. There is a small edge chip to the glass at 2 o'clock but otherwise the condition of both miniature and frame is excellent.

Framed size: 37/8 x 3½" (100 x 89mm)

Price: £425

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Item Ref. 4149

SCOTTISH SCHOOL, circa 1810

This is a delightful portrait of a little young boy with blue-grey eyes and a mass of strawberry blonde curls. He is wearing a red and green tartan tunic with a gold sash, trimmed at the collar and cuffs with vandyked white lace. He is set against a blue-green backdrop suggestive of a garden landscape.

The child is from the Graham Family of Kinross House near Perth in Scotland. The house was recently featured in the BBC TV series The Country House Revealed.

Watercolour on ivory set in a gilt metal frame, the reverse glazed to reveal a single lock of reddish brown hair laid on brown silk. Fine condition.

Size: 27/8 x 23/8" (74 x 60mm) + frame

Price: £1,400

Item Ref. 4279

MRS ANNE MEE (circa 1770-1851)

This fine miniature shows a pretty young blue-eyed lady named Frances Chetwynd-Talbot and was probably painted in 1800 to mark her marriage. Frances is wearing an elegant white empire-line dress with a pearl brooch on her corsage and a pearl drop decoration on her sleeve. Her upswept curls peep out from under a white turban style hat topped at the back with a veil that drapes over her shoulder.

Frances Thomasine Lambart was born in Holsham, Norfolk, the daughter of Charles Lambart and his wife Frances (née Dutton). She married Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot of Hensol in London in August 1800. Together they went on to have eleven children, two girls and nine boys, all of which survived into adulthood and outlived their mother. Frances died on New Year's Eve 1819, just three months after the birth of her eleventh child.

Watercolour on ivory set in a gold frame that is engraved around the lower side 'Frances, wife of 2nd Earl Talbot, died 1819'. The frame is glazed on the reverse to reveal plaited brown hair and is housed in the original red leather travelling case. Excellent condition.

Portrait Size: 35/8 x 27/8" (92 x 74mm)

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Item Ref. 4235

ISAAC WANE SLATER (1784/5-1836)

This is a portrait of a strongly featured gentleman with a dimpled chin and blue eyes, named George Marcy. He appears wearing a black coat, white waistcoat with a standing collar and a deep white stock. His curled hair is brushed forward around his face and he has fashionable bushy side-whiskers.

Watercolour on ivory signed on the obverse I.W.S./7 C. It is further signed on the reverse of the ivory - I. W. Slater/ Frith St. 46/ London. The miniature is set in a silver frame with a blue enamel surround. The frame is hallmarked A.W. for Andrew Wilkie, a Scottish silversmith that worked in Dundee. The reverse of the frame is engraved ' 'George Marcy/ Born 1779/ Died 1863. Fine condition.

Portrait size: 3 x 23/8" (76 x 61mm)

Price: £850

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 2¼" (80 x 58mm) + hanger

Price: £925

Item Ref. 4064

JAMES CLEMENTS, 1839

This miniature profile shows a little girl named Mary Ann Rayer. Mary Ann has short light brown hair and is wearing a white dress with black ribbon bows on the short puffed sleeves and a black ribbon sash on the waist. She also has a black beaded necklace, probably made of jet.

Mary Ann was born on 5 June 1835 so she was four years old when this portrait was painted. Her parents were Thomas and Mary Rayer (née Cooke). She lived at Hill Court, Longdon by Upton on Severn near Worcester.

Watercolour on card signed and dated on the reverse: Mary Ann Rayer/ Hill Court/ Painted by Jas Clements/ Worcester/ July 1839. The portrait is set in a traditional papier-mâché frame with an acorn hanger.

Framed size: 5¼ x 4½" (134 x 112mm)

Price: £200

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 2¾" (85 x 70mm) max.

Price: £1,275

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. 4055

ENGLISH SCHOOL, circa 1800

This is a Georgian miniature portrait of a young lady wearing a classical high-waisted gown in white spotted muslin with a cross-over bodice and a pretty ruched neckline. She has gold earrings and her brown hair is drawn back with an arrangement of curls over her fringe. She is set against a clouded sky backdrop.

Watercolour on ivory housed in a gilt-metal frame with a solid enclosed reverse. Fine condition.

Framed size: 25/8 x 2" (68 x 53mm)

Price: £680