#895

Two Early-19th Century Miniature Paintings on Ivory
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3" (8 cm.) x 2 1/2"larger. The larger portraying a semi-profile of a beautiful woman with arranged curls at her crown and tumbling to the sides of her face,with jeweled diadem and necklace,rich costume including paisley shawl,in original cast brass frame. The small oval depicting an older robust man with full white periwig and ruffled jabot,in original brass-plated tin frame. Both excellent. Early-19th century,superbly painted images of aristocratic persons.