ENGLISH SCHOOL OF 19th CENTURY, MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF QUEEN VICTORIA, SNUFF BOX OF DIAMOND JUBILEE, 1897
Rare miniature portrait of Queen Victoria aged, painted on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee, in 1897, perhaps after the official photograph of W. and d. Downey (National portrait Gallery, London), but of the differences existing between the miniature and the photo, perhaps the miniature was painted after nature. Miniature mounted on the lid of its original turned ivory snuffbox (carved screw for screwing the lid to the base)TECHNIQUE:
Watercolor and gouache on ivory, protected under a convex glass
ARSTIST:
SIGNED:
FRAME :
Original ivory snuff box
PORTRAIT SIZE:
5,5cm
FRAME SIZE:
7,5x3cm
DESCRIPTION :
CONDITION:
Very good condition of origin. A slight trace in the bottom right in lower part of dress. The lid does not screw completely on the box
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