Miniature of a gent by S Shelley C1800

Miniature of a gent facing front, set before a sky background.  He has powdered hair en queue and is wearing a brown coat with velvet collar and white stock.  Watercolour on ivory by Samuel Shelley C1800.  Original gold frame, the reverse with a central cartouche set with gold initials and plaited hair with a blue glass border.

Provenance: Sotheby’s, London, 2 June 1975

Ivory submission #: UPJT2XBT