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2" (5 cm.) x 1 1/2" smallest to 3" x 3 1/2" largest (excluding frame). The outstanding collection of early miniature portrait paintings, mostly painted on bone, include a brown-suited gentlemen with quill pen in hand (with ink notation on the reverse indicating that he is Joshua Stevens, painted by William Derby, May 6, 1821); portrait in semi-profile of lean-faced gentleman with high neck collar; oval portrait in brass frame of curly-haired gentleman, signed Daffinger; another oval painting with shaped curls at the forehead and very elaborate collar with stick pin; portrait of gentleman with grey-streaked hair, orange vest and black tie, signed by artist H. Brossar (or Brossal), 1842; portrait of man with curly ringlets around the face; and a small watercolor of younger man with curly brown hair, ruffled jabot, and button-edged blue jacket. Excellent condition of all. Early 1800s, a rare collection of gentlemen portraits, some artist signed, one identified.