English School, early 20th Century portrait miniature of a young girl. The 1/2 length, water color on ivory miniature depicts the young girl,with large blue eyes, and flowing brown hair facing right, wearing a blue dress, against a blue background. Gilt metal frame. Rectangular, 8 cms. X 6 1/2 cms. (3 1/4 inches X 2 1/2 inches). Dark red velvet backing to frame...

English School, the artist initialling “ABE”, c. 1817. A pair of portrait silhouettes, depicting husband and wife. The man, initialled and dated to the reverse, “ABE/1817”. Original ebonized frames with fancy embossed brass surrounds. Oval, each, 8.5 cms. X 7c.s (3 1/2 inches X 3 1/4 inches)...

English School, c. 1810. Watercolour on ivory. Portrait of a young woman, her face framed with dark, upswept hair parted in the centre, and curls to each side. She is wearing a pale blue gown with gold chair and pearls around her neck. Ebonized papier mache frame with brass inset. Oval, 7.5 cms. X 6 cms. (2 3/4 inches X 2 1/2 inches)...

English School, c. 1700 Oil on copper. Portrait of a young woman with dark hair dressed in a pink gown. The number “95” engraved to the reverse of the copper. Later frame, Oval, 7 cms. X 6 cms. (2 3/4 inches X 2 1/4 inches)...

English School, c. 1770 Tortoiseshell, brass, ivory, and polychrome and lacquered papier mache. Circular box, lined in tortoiseshell, the exterior papier mache painted in an alternating stripe pattern, the entire embellished with brass and the lid inset with a portrait miniature of a woman with powdered hair wearing a blue gown with white fichu. Circular miniature 6.5 cms. diameter (2 1/2 inches). Box 4 cms. high (1 5/8 inches)...

English School, c. 1785 Watercolour on ivory. Portrait of a lady with long, curling, powdered hair, resting her cheek to her hand, to revealing what appears to be a hair bracelet with portrait miniature around her wrist...

English School, c. 1815 Watercolour on ivory. Portrait miniature of a young woman in profile, her upswept auburn hair gathered in a top knot, with side curls, wearing a bright blue dress with lace collar and a black cord around her neck. Brass frame. Oval, 3 inches X 2 inches. Note: slight occlusion to convex glass at 2 o'clock. Otherwise, miniature is in suburb condition. ...

English School, late 19th century. Watercolour on card. Portrait of a little girl with blond curls and blue eyes, wearing a white dress. Cloud background. Signed indistinctly to obverse. Brass frame. Circular, 5.5 cms. diameter (2 1/4 inches). Good condition. This miniature is very bright with a lovely subject. It would be an excellent acquisition for someone starting a collection, as well as anyone interested in late Victorian/Edwardian art....

English School, (Early 20th Century) Oil on canvas. Portrait of Rachel Duberly in profile. Original Frame. Rectangular, 56 cms. X 47 cms.(22 inches X 18 1/2 inches). Rachel Duberly was the great niece of Fanny Duberly. Fanny Duberly (1829 - 1903). Fanny was the quintesential Victorian woman. Even though Fanny was raised in a society which frowned on women doing much more than sitting at home she marrying Captain Henry Duberly, an officer in the 8th Hussars. Because of lax military re...

Gertrude Clarke, c. 1900. Watercolour on ivory. Portrait of a woman with upswept hair, wearing a pink lace dress. Velvet back. Oval brass frame, 6 cms. X 4.5 cms (2 1/2 inches X 1 3/4 inches). Gertrude Clarke was from Burton-on-Trent, England and Edgbaston. She exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1910-1914. ...

Portrait miniature by Frederick Boyd Walters, c. 1920. The water color on paper portrait depicts a young woman with fair hair and blue eyes, a pink corsage of flowers is pinned to her shoulder. Blue background. Signed in pencil to reverse, "F Boyd Walters RMS". Very pretty embossed brass frame. Rectangular, 10 cms. X 3 1/4 cms. (4 1/4 inches X 3 1/4 inches)....

English School, c. 1830. Portrait of a young woman with upswept brown curls and blue eyes. She is wearing a red gown with white ruffled bodice and has two roses in her hair. Brass frame. Oval, 4 1/2 cms. diameter (1 1/2 inches). Very good condition...

Luke Sullivan, c. 1770. Watercolour on ivory. Portrait of a woman with dark hair wearing a blue gown with matching hair ribbons, a five strand pearl choker and pearl earrings, and pink posey to decollate. Oval, 3.7 cms. X 3 cms. (i 1/2 inches X 1 1/4 inches). Gold frame with brooch mount. Lovely and unusual glazed needlework of a tree to reverse. Luke Sullivan was born in County Louth, Ireland, in 1705, and was brought to England at a young age when his father became groom to the Duke ...

English School, c. 1840 Watercolour on ivory. Portrait of a woman wearing an orange gown and a blue pendant around her neck, with drop earrings. Her brown hair upswept and arranged in curls. Brass frame. 7 cms. X 6 cms. (2 3/4 inches X 2 1/4 inches). ...

Samuel Shelley (British, 1750-1808). Watercolour on ivory. Portrait miniature of a lady named Sarah Fairfax, wearing a dark red drss, white fiche, black ribbon chocker, and white bonnet with lace trim and ribbon bow. Gold frame hanging from gold plated chain. Oval, 3 cms. diameter 1 1/2 inches). ...