Wigs on the Green has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
This piece is a crossover between a cut silhouette and a miniature portrait. The young lady’s painted profile has been cut out and laid on a dark watercolour backdrop.
She wears a pale green short-waisted dress with pretty braiding on the bodice, the neckline and short sleeves trimmed with stiff lace. Her final touch is a coral beaded necklace.
Watercolour on card with gum arabic highlights and dated April 1824 on the reverse, the portrait is presented in a traditional papier-mâché frame with convex glass and an acorn hanger. The portrait has a small area of water damage on the girl’s arm though this is not really visible against her flesh tones. The frame has an attractive craquelure pattern to it.
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Wigs on the Green has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
Small portraiture of character & historical interest
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Cut and Painted Profile of a Girl, 1824
