A Collection of Four Portrait Miniatures and Photographs of ...
Hammer
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A Collection of Four Portrait Miniatures and Photographs of Various Periods
A collection of four portrait miniatures and photographs of various mediums and periods, representing a range of historical portraiture techniques from the late 18th to the late 19th centuries. The lot comprises:
A late Victorian over-painted photograph of a mature woman, depicted in a black dress with lace collar and a small lace cap. The portrait is set within an oval brass bezel and housed in a rectangular leather-covered easel frame with gilt-tooled scroll borders. The reverse is finished in green silk and bears a yellow adhesive paper label inscribed in ink '1866' and '2 / 12 / 6'.
A Regency period watercolour on card depicting a young woman in a high-waisted white dress with a blue sash and a white cap. The miniature is mounted within a purple fabric border and set into an oval brass frame with a top suspension loop.
An 18th-century style watercolour portrait on an oval card support, removed from its original frame. The sitter is shown in three-quarter profile with high-piled hair, a lace fichu, and an orange dress. The verso shows significant adhesive residue and staining.
A Victorian cased photograph, likely an ambrotype or tintype, depicting a young girl in a polka-dot dress with lace trim, seated in a chair. The image is set behind glass within a rectangular foliate-stamped gilt metal frame. The reverse consists of a dark, scratched metal surface.
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The leather-covered frame shows significant surface wear, scuffing, and cracking to the leather, particularly at the corners and edges (photo 1). The purple fabric mount of the Regency miniature shows visible fading (photo 4). The unframed watercolour miniature has significant staining, adhesive residue, and edge wear to the verso (photo 7) and surface grime to the obverse (photo 5). The small cased photograph exhibits surface grime and spotting under the glass, and the metal reverse is heavily scratched (photo 9).
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A Collection of Four Portrait Miniatures and Photographs of Various Periods
A collection of four portrait miniatures and photographs of various mediums and periods, representing a range of historical portraiture techniques from the late 18th to the late 19th centuries. The lot comprises:
A late Victorian over-painted photograph of a mature woman, depicted in a black dress with lace collar and a small lace cap. The portrait is set within an oval brass bezel and housed in a rectangular leather-covered easel frame with gilt-tooled scroll borders. The reverse is finished in green silk and bears a yellow adhesive paper label inscribed in ink '1866' and '2 / 12 / 6'.
A Regency period watercolour on card depicting a young woman in a high-waisted white dress with a blue sash and a white cap. The miniature is mounted within a purple fabric border and set into an oval brass frame with a top suspension loop.
An 18th-century style watercolour portrait on an oval card support, removed from its original frame. The sitter is shown in three-quarter profile with high-piled hair, a lace fichu, and an orange dress. The verso shows significant adhesive residue and staining.
A Victorian cased photograph, likely an ambrotype or tintype, depicting a young girl in a polka-dot dress with lace trim, seated in a chair. The image is set behind glass within a rectangular foliate-stamped gilt metal frame. The reverse consists of a dark, scratched metal surface.
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The leather-covered frame shows significant surface wear, scuffing, and cracking to the leather, particularly at the corners and edges (photo 1). The purple fabric mount of the Regency miniature shows visible fading (photo 4). The unframed watercolour miniature has significant staining, adhesive residue, and edge wear to the verso (photo 7) and surface grime to the obverse (photo 5). The small cased photograph exhibits surface grime and spotting under the glass, and the metal reverse is heavily scratched (photo 9).
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