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Susie Lassam Rms Ra Signed Dated 1914 Hand Painted Portrait Miniature Costume Fancy Dress Lady Woman Artist
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Susie Lassam Rms Ra Signed Dated 1914 Hand Painted Portrait Miniature Costume Fancy Dress Lady Woman Artist

1900 - 1920
Description

Original framed miniature of a young lady in theatrical guise wearing 18th century costume and wig as was popular in the period for those with money and artistic flair for fancy dress balls and living tableaux etc.

painted by

Susie Lassam, RMS RA

Royal Academy exhibitor, entries between 1908 - 1936

English school, framed portrait miniature,

first quarter 20th century

Signed upper left with monogram and dated 1914

Hand painted on wafer or celluloid or card in original rectangular convex glazed, nickel frame of the period, hand made, probably by the artist

Glued corner to the glass otherwise in excellent bright sound condition, not cleaned or restored.

One of her studio collection on offer.

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Listed in

British Women Artists: A Biographical Dictionary of 1,000 Women Artists in the British Decorative Arts

Researched and written by Dr. Sara Gray

Susie Lassam (1875 - 1962)

Miniature painter / modeller / metalworker

Born in Dulwich Village in December 1875

The daughter of Susannah and Fredrick Lassam, a baker and confectioner who employed at least seven people.

Raised in Camberwell educated at the James Allan girls school Dulwich.

Studied at Lambeth School of Art, the RCA and the LCC Central School of Arts and Crafts

Remained at home into her 30s when her father had retired and they lived in Rose Cottage Dulwich Village

By the 1940s living at the Cottage Galmpton Devon, continued working as an artist until shortly before her death.

She left her small estate to her brother John Errington Lassam

Exhibited at

RA 1908 - 36

Paris Salon

Walker Art Gallery Liverpool

Royal Glasgow Institute

Most prolifically at the Society of Women Artists showing 103 works between 1915 - 59

Elected and associate of the Society of Women Artists 1931 - 39 and a member 1940 - 61

Elected a member of the Society of Miniaturists and an associate of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters

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Andrew Nethercott Antiques has dated this Edwardian Portrait Miniature Painting to the 1910s.

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Description
Original framed miniature of a young lady in theatrical guise wearing 18th century costume and wig as was popular in the period for those with money and artistic flair for fancy dress balls and living tableaux etc.
fig 1. A profile portrait miniature painting of a lady in an eighteenth-century style powdered wig and ruffled blue dress, signed and dated 1914.
fig 1. Susie Lassam Rms Ra Signed Dated 1914 Hand Painted Portrait Miniature Costume Fancy Dress Lady Woman Artist

painted by

Susie Lassam, RMS RA

Royal Academy exhibitor, entries between 1908 - 1936

English school, framed portrait miniature,

first quarter 20th century

Signed upper left with monogram and dated 1914

“
Hand painted on wafer or celluloid or card in original rectangular convex glazed, nickel frame of the period, hand made, probably by the artist.
Andrew Nethercott Antiques
fig 2. A profile portrait miniature painting of a lady in an eighteenth-century style powdered wig and ruffled blue dress, signed and dated 1914.
fig 2. Susie Lassam Rms Ra Signed Dated 1914 Hand Painted Portrait Miniature Costume Fancy Dress Lady Woman Artist

Glued corner to the glass otherwise in excellent bright sound condition, not cleaned or restored.

One of her studio collection on offer.

Listed in

British Women Artists: A Biographical Dictionary of 1,000 Women Artists in the British Decorative Arts

fig 3. A profile portrait miniature painting of a lady in an eighteenth-century style powdered wig and ruffled blue dress, signed and dated 1914.
fig 3. Susie Lassam Rms Ra Signed Dated 1914 Hand Painted Portrait Miniature Costume Fancy Dress Lady Woman Artist

Researched and written by Dr. Sara Gray

Susie Lassam (1875 - 1962)

Miniature painter / modeller / metalworker

Born in Dulwich Village in December 1875

The daughter of Susannah and Fredrick Lassam, a baker and confectioner who employed at least seven people.

fig 4. A profile portrait miniature painting of a lady in an eighteenth-century style powdered wig and ruffled blue dress, signed and dated 1914.
fig 4. Susie Lassam Rms Ra Signed Dated 1914 Hand Painted Portrait Miniature Costume Fancy Dress Lady Woman Artist

Raised in Camberwell educated at the James Allan girls school Dulwich.

Studied at Lambeth School of Art, the RCA and the LCC Central School of Arts and Crafts

Remained at home into her 30s when her father had retired and they lived in Rose Cottage Dulwich Village

By the 1940s living at the Cottage Galmpton Devon, continued working as an artist until shortly before her death.

She left her small estate to her brother John Errington Lassam

Exhibited at

RA 1908 - 36

Paris Salon

Walker Art Gallery Liverpool

Royal Glasgow Institute

Most prolifically at the Society of Women Artists showing 103 works between 1915 - 59

Elected and associate of the Society of Women Artists 1931 - 39 and a member 1940 - 61

Elected a member of the Society of Miniaturists and an associate of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters

Date of Manufacture

Andrew Nethercott Antiques has dated this Edwardian Portrait Miniature Painting to the 1910s.

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250809
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Authentic miniatures from this period exhibit precise brushwork, visible artist signatures or monograms, period-appropriate framing techniques, and natural signs of age such as faint surface oxidation or gentle fading under magnification.

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