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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 1838 This is a delightful miniature portrait of a little blue-eyed baby with chubby arms and legs seated on a red plush drape. The child is holding large gold rattle and is wearing a voluminous white dress with a lace bodice and tiny sleeves trimmed with blue ribbon bows, and a delicate lace cap. The backing card is dated Nov. 20th 1838 and is inscribed with the child's name which appears to be Eperton F. M. MacCarthy. Also tucked inside the frame is a 19th century trade card for Andrew Vacani, a London picture framer who offers to send workmen to any part of the Kingdom. Watercolour on ivory, housed in a deep gilt wood frame
with convex glass and a beaded edge and inner decorative border. Framed size: 6¾ x 5¾ x 17/8" (171 x 147 x 46mm) Price: £450
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ENGLISH SCHOOL circa 1800 This is a sweet little portrait of a very young child wearing a white lawn dress and cute little red shoes seated in a garden landscape and holding a posy of colourful flowers. Sadly, we don't know the child's name. Watercolour on card, unsigned but backed with an interesting trade card
for Mr Clementi of Longman, Clementi & Co, Music Sellers to their
Majesties, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and all the Royal Family.
The painting is housed in a narrow veneered frame with ebonised edges.
It is also glazed on the reverse to show the 19th century trade card. Framed size: 4½ x 3¼" (115 x 83mm) Price: £275 |
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Item Ref. 2951 IRISH SCHOOL, circa 1910 A fine portrait from the Edwardian period of a demure society lady wearing a diaphanous lilac dress and a single strand of pearls. Her chestnut brown hair is rolled and upswept according to the fashion of the day. The atmospheric backdrop is a landscape with trees and flowers set before a purple/blue sky. Unsigned portrait painted on ivory and set in the original gilt metal frame backed with velvet. Excellent condition. Portrait: 23/4 x 21/4" (72 x 58mm) Price: £365 |
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Item Ref. 2571 EDITH AIRD (died 1920) A miniature on ivory of a winsome child with strawberry blonde curls and blue eyes wearing a white off-the-shoulder dress.
Watercolour on ivory, signed and dated on the reverse - Painted by E. Aird 7/9/[18]95. It is set in a gilt metal frame backed with velvet. Fine condition. Portrait: 23/8 x 13/8" (60 x 48mm) Price: £265
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MAXIME GAUCI, active 1810-1845 This is a rare double portrait of a mother and her young child. The lady is wearing a white Empire-line dress tied at the waist with ribbon, along with a coral necklace and matching drop earrings and a colourful purple and gold turban-style hat. The child is wearing a white lawn dress, a coral necklace and a pretty pink lace cap. Watercolour on ivory, signed Gauci on the obverse. It
is housed in a rose-gilt frame. Framed size: 31/8 x 2½" (79 x 63mm) Price: £950
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, circa 1810-20 This is a sweet profile portrait of a young Regency lady in a black dress trimmed with coloured braid and set off by a string of pearls. Her brown hair is drawn back into a knot at the back of her head with curls framing her face. The portrait is watercolour on card and has a narrow black border. It is housed in a papier-mâché frame with brass surround and emblems (rose, shamrock, thistle) hanger. Framed size: 43/4 x 4" (120 x 102mm) Price: £140 |
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, circa 1830 This is a particularly interesting portrait as it depicts a young man who worked as a valet at a school. Annotated portraits of servants are rarely seen. The young man is named on the back as James Siddles, valet at Camm's School in Derbyshire. Seen in profile, he is smartly dressed in a black coat over a blue and white sprigged waistcoat and has a 'William Tell' top hat. Presumably James acted as a companion/'man' to the privileged pupils of wealthy parents by running errands and, one can only imagine, covering up their misdemeanours. Watercolour on card, housed in a traditional papier-mâché
frame with convex glass and an acorn hanger. Framed size: 6 x 51/8" (152 x 131mm) S O L D !
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Cynthia
McKinley
Wigs on the Green Fine Art, York Tel. +44 (0)1904 794711 Mobile: 07962 257915 Email: enquiries@wigsonthegreen.co.uk |