Portrait miniature of Elizabeth Bridges Knight wearing a white dress with a blue ribbon tied under corsage.
Watercolor on ivory, oval. 2 1/2 x 2 inches (6.5 x 5 cm). Initialed "T.H." (lower right). A fine portrait miniature of Jane Austen's sister in law, Elizabeth Bridges (1773-1808) who married Edward Austen, the brother of Jane Austen. Edward took the name of his second cousin Mr. Knight on inheriting in 1812 his estates in Kent at Godmersham Park. They had 11 children. This lot sold with an uncolored print of Godmersham Park by Watts. Literature: Country Life. 27 July 1987, ill. p.111.
Portrait miniature of Elizabeth Bridges Knight wearing a white dress with a blue ribbon tied under corsage.
Watercolor on ivory, oval. 2 1/2 x 2 inches (6.5 x 5 cm). Initialed "T.H." (lower right). A fine portrait miniature of Jane Austen's sister in law, Elizabeth Bridges (1773-1808) who married Edward Austen, the brother of Jane Austen. Edward took the name of his second cousin Mr. Knight on inheriting in 1812 his estates in Kent at Godmersham Park. They had 11 children. This lot sold with an uncolored print of Godmersham Park by Watts. Literature: Country Life. 27 July 1987, ill. p.111.
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