Description:
Portrait of a Woman, England or America, early 19th century, etched portrait, the woman with dressed hair, beaded necklace, and ruffled gown set in a reverse-painted blue glass panel with gilt floral highlights all mounted in a gilt-gesso frame with brass hanging ring on the back, frame ht. 9 1/4, wd. 9 1/4 in.
Estimate $300-500
Frame has small chips to gesso and shrinkage cracks.
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