Gouache On Board Miniature Painting Of Lady Framed Antique Georgian circa 1800
VVV240659.T
£280.00
Antique circa 1800 Georgian period Lovely Quality hand painted portrait miniature in Gouache featuring the image of a mature lady in traditional white lace dress with ringlets in her hair wearing a silk shroud, in well preserved condition the painting is mounted in original rectangular shaped ebonised wooden frame with convex glaze intact within gilded bezel as well as back board to the reverse and mounted gilded metal Cornucopia clasp so as to serve for when hanging from a wall.
The back of the frame retains paper cladding with adorned hand written legend in ink as way of provenance that reads "My Dear Sister Mary miniature - Whom Married Andrew Burton who died at Church - Lawford Warwicks"
There are mild signs of age related wear to the frame as to be expected but the painting is without damages, foxing or sepia and the glaze is undamaged.
The frame measures 12.8 cm x 10.7 cm x 7 mm in dimension with the miniature window having an aperture of roughly 7.5 cm x 6.3 cm.
The painting appears to be an unsigned piece, removal from frame may reveal more.
weight : 79 grams