Description:
English School, Late 18th Century
Two Portrait Miniatures of an English Military Officer and His Wife. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, the officer wearing a blue coat with yellow collar and lapels and a white sash, his wife wearing a white bonnet and patterned shawl, 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in., mounted on either side of a gold pendant frame.
Estimate $300-500
discoloration and roughness at edges on both, man with scratches in sky.
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