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Nicolas Freese, Miniature Portrait of Caroline Matilda
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Nicolas Freese, Miniature Portrait of Caroline Matilda

19th century
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Painted by Nicholas Freese during the early 1800s, this young lady named Caroline Matilda Chichester wears a classically styled Regency dress with a high waistline, wide neckline and narrow sleeves with a small puff to the shoulder. Her unpowdered hair frames her face with soft curls and is decorated with a trailing veil in spotted lace. The portrait is presented in the original ornate giltwood frame (small losses).

Growing up in a small village in Somerset, Caroline Matilda was the third of seven daughters born to John Hody Chichester and his wife Charlotte Cowpland. As the girls entered their late teens, theirs must have been a busy household with so many daughters to find suitable husbands for. Caroline was 34 when she wed in 1818. Her husband was John Maber Munder, a vicar, and by him she had two daughters though only one survived childhood. Caroline passed away at the house of her father in April 1833 aged 49, her parents having both outlived her.

Caroline’s larger-than-life soulful eyes are a well-known stylistic trait of the artist's work.

Framed Size: 205 x 180mm

Ivory Exemption Ref.: QR8FUPBB

Physical Dimensions
Height
20.5cm (8.07")
Width
18cm (7.09")
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Wigs on the Green has dated this Regency Portrait Miniature Painting to the Regency era.

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Description
Painted by Nicholas Freese during the early 1800s, this young lady named Caroline Matilda Chichester wears a classically styled Regency dress with a high waistline, wide neckline and narrow sleeves with a small puff to the shoulder.
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Her unpowdered hair frames her face with soft curls and is decorated with a trailing veil in spotted lace.
Wigs on the Green

The portrait is presented in the original ornate giltwood frame (small losses).

fig 1. An oval watercolour miniature portrait depicting a woman with dark eyes, curled brown hair, and a translucent veil against a hatched grey background.
fig 1. Nicolas Freese, Miniature Portrait of Caroline Matilda

Growing up in a small village in Somerset, Caroline Matilda was the third of seven daughters born to John Hody Chichester and his wife Charlotte Cowpland. As the girls entered their late teens, theirs must have been a busy household with so many daughters to find suitable husbands for. Caroline was 34 when she wed in 1818. Her husband was John Maber Munder, a vicar, and by him she had two daughters though only one survived childhood. Caroline passed away at the house of her father in April 1833 aged 49, her parents having both outlived her.

Caroline’s larger-than-life soulful eyes are a well-known stylistic trait of the artist's work.

Framed Size: 205 x 180mm

Ivory Exemption Ref.: QR8FUPBB

Height
20.5cm (8.07")
Width
18cm (7.09")
Date of Manufacture

Wigs on the Green has dated this Regency Portrait Miniature Painting to the Regency era.

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SA1206113
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7766
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A portrait miniature is a small, detailed painting, typically executed in watercolour on ivory, vellum, or card, popular from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century as personal keepsakes.

Georgian portrait miniatures were predominantly painted using thin layers of watercolour or gouache on thin slices of ivory, often encased in gold, brass, or wooden frames behind protective glass.

Authentic pieces feature fine stippling or hatching brushwork techniques, natural age-related fading under magnification, and organic substrates such as ivory or vellum rather than modern printed paper.

Portrait miniatures work well when framed in a gallery wall grouping, displayed on a deep window sill, or arranged inside a glass display case on a mantelpiece.

Display watercolour miniatures away from direct sunlight and humidity to prevent colour fading, warping, or structural deterioration of organic materials.
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