Portrait Miniatures. A framed set of four oval miniature paintings of children, 1821, watercolour on ivory, oval head and shoulder portraits of four siblings, comprising a curly-haired boy in a buttoned brown suit with frilled collar, two girls, each attired in a blue and red tartan dress with bows to shoulders, the elder girl also wearing a necklace, and an infant dressed in a white dress with lace yoke and matching bonnet, each with gilt plaited border and bow to upper edge, 5 x 4 cm (2 x 1.5 ins) and slightly smaller, mounted together as two pairs on a dark blue ground, in period gilt frame, glazed, verso with contemporary printed cutting of mourning verse and partially indistinct manuscript notes pertaining to the sitters (mentioning the surname 'Bates') and artist, including the inscription 'Painted by [...?] Smith of London, September 1821' (Qty: 1) A charming set of Regency portrait miniatures, intact in original frame.
Portrait Miniatures. A framed set of four oval miniature paintings of children, 1821, watercolour on ivory, oval head and shoulder portraits of four siblings, comprising a curly-haired boy in a buttoned brown suit with frilled collar, two girls, each attired in a blue and red tartan dress with bows to shoulders, the elder girl also wearing a necklace, and an infant dressed in a white dress with lace yoke and matching bonnet, each with gilt plaited border and bow to upper edge, 5 x 4 cm (2 x 1.5 ins) and slightly smaller, mounted together as two pairs on a dark blue ground, in period gilt frame, glazed, verso with contemporary printed cutting of mourning verse and partially indistinct manuscript notes pertaining to the sitters (mentioning the surname 'Bates') and artist, including the inscription 'Painted by [...?] Smith of London, September 1821' (Qty: 1) A charming set of Regency portrait miniatures, intact in original frame.
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