Lot 237 , Mid 19th Century English School, Miniature family portraits, watercolour on white marble, 12 x 10 cm

Mid 19th Century English School Miniature family portraits
watercolour on white marble
A gentleman and two ladies, with a photograph on marble in matching gilt and rosewood presentation frames
12 x 10 cm
£600-800

Condition:
Half length miniature of gentleman with some loss of paint to the black particularly in the lower portion, also some dirt spotting. Both ladies with a little dirt spotting and some very light scuffing in the lower left corners. Other gentleman looks to be a photo lithograph printed onto the marble backing. The other painted miniature is in matching gilt gesso scroll frame, the photo of the gentleman in a slightly different frame but very close, all in matching outer glazed rosewood frames. No record of who the sitters or artist are.

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