Although probably just in her early teens, this young lady already shows poise and elegance. She wears a low-cut dress in cornflower blue muslin sprigged in white and trimmed with matching white lace. Her upswept hair is secured with a pretty white and blue spotted headdress.Dating to the mid-eighteenth century, the portrait is set in a gilt metal frame with a twisted border. The attractive reverse reveals lilac silk under a pair of pierced and engraved gilt metal birds on a nest.Gervase Spencer’s career as a miniaturist apparently began whilst working as a footman in a London household during the 1740s. A talented draughtsman, he was self-taught and became a prolific artist working competently on ivory and in enamel. He exhibited at the Society of Artists. Spencer died at his home in Great Marlborough Street on 30 October 1763.Framed size: framed, 51 x 43mmAPHA Registration: JY3BP9YZAll prices include UK postage. International shipping will be at cost.Height is 5cm (2.0inches)
Width is 4cm (1.6inches)
Depth is 0cm (0.0inches)