Description:
Attributed to James Sharples, Sr. (British/American, 1751/2-1811)
Pair of Portraits of Two Young Ladies. Unsigned, the subjects' identification reported in inscriptions on labels affixed to the backboard of one: "series of four pastel portraits by James Sharples-from the Sharples family of Bristol, England." Pastel on paper, oval portraits, sight size 10 x 7 3/4 in., in oval gilt-gesso frames. Condition: Good, minor smudges to one c.r.
Estimate $2,000-3,000
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