Studio of Miers and Field. Three silhouette portraits
Studio of John Miers (1758-1821) and John Field (1772-1848) Three silhouette portraits
first bust length of a lady facing right, her hair upswept and curled and wearing a decollete dress edged with lace, painted and bronzed on plaster, oval second bust length of a gentleman facing right wearing a coat, painted on plaster inscribed verso Dr Andrews Dean of Canterbury, both in black lacquered papier mache frames with gilt brass mounts, one with leaf acorn and oak leaf hanger, the other with acanthus leaf, both bearing printed Miers & Field trade label verso, together with bust length portrait of a gentleman facing right wearing a coat and frilled chemise, painted on plaster, oval, ebonised pearwood frame, (3)
first overall 15 x 12.5cm.
Condition: First two in good condition, third has a hairline crack running through the plaster, which may have been touched up
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Studio of John Miers (1758-1821) and John Field (1772-1848) Three silhouette portraits
first bust length of a lady facing right, her hair upswept and curled and wearing a decollete dress edged with lace, painted and bronzed on plaster, oval second bust length of a gentleman facing right wearing a coat, painted on plaster inscribed verso Dr Andrews Dean of Canterbury, both in black lacquered papier mache frames with gilt brass mounts, one with leaf acorn and oak leaf hanger, the other with acanthus leaf, both bearing printed Miers & Field trade label verso, together with bust length portrait of a gentleman facing right wearing a coat and frilled chemise, painted on plaster, oval, ebonised pearwood frame, (3)
first overall 15 x 12.5cm.
Condition: First two in good condition, third has a hairline crack running through the plaster, which may have been touched up