Lot 37 , English School circa 1800, Portrait miniatures of John and Elizabeth Brome, oil on ivory (2), 4.6 x 3.8cm. & 3 x 2.3cm. CITES Submission reference 8CK25C1N

Y English School circa 1800
Portrait miniatures of John and Elizabeth Brome
oil on ivory (2)
he wearing a brown coat with white shirt and stock, labelled 'John Brome at the age of 22 given to his fiancée E.A.Martin', she with a rose at her breast, labelled E.A.Brome given to her fiancée John Brome...'
4.6 x 3.8cm. & 3 x 2.3cm. CITES Submission reference 8CK25C1N
£300-400
collected by Sir Frederick William Richard Fryer (1845-1922). He was in the Indian Civil Service between 1864 and 1903 as Chief Commissioner of Burma (1895-1897) and Lt. Governor (1897-1903)

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Condition:
He finer quality, a few white mould spores and light dirt spots, she cruder, again with mould and dirt specks. Both in matching Victorian gilt locket frames with later labelling.

Sold for £320