Y Nathaniel Freese (British 1761/2-1831), A double-sided portrait of a boy, and a girl

Y Nathaniel Freese (British 1761/2-1831)
A double-sided portrait of a boy, wearing blue coat with gold buttons, and white frilled edge shirt; and a girl in a blue dress with white slip, black necklace tucked in at corsage, dark curled hair
Watercolour on ivory, oval
5.8cm (2¼ in.) high
Gilt metal frame with plaited hair surround

Provenance:
Sale, Christie's, London, Important Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes, 10 June 2008, lot 57

Condition Report:
Boy: Some light surface dirt throughout. There is a slight discrepancy to the pigmentation in the sitter's face but this is very subtle and not clear whether this was the artist's intention rather than later restoration. Some very slight bowing to the ivory sheet.

Girl: Some light surface dirt throughout. The miniature has slipped in the mount a little but there is no obvious bowing. There is a small white blemish to the left of the sitter's right shoulder but this looks like it might have been part of the artist's original intention.

Unexamined out of glazed frame.

The glaze with some surface scratching. The mount with one holding pin missing. Otherwise no significant condition issues, commensurate with age. Condition Report Disclaimer