Large miniature of lady by Shelley C1795

Large miniature of lady by Shelley C1795

Code: M0854

Dimensions:

W: 7.3cm (2.9")H: 9.3cm (3.7")

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Large three-quarter length miniature of a lady.  She is wearing a white dress with peach waistband and matching embellishments on the shoulders and has a white bandeau with an ostrich feather.  She is leaning on a plinth and has a shawl draped over this arm.  Watercolour on ivory by Samuel Shelley C1795.  Original gilded metal frame, the reverse with a convex glass covering artist's details: 'Miss....Ley by Sam Shelley, Henrietta Street, Cov. Garden'.