Fine portrait miniatures Welcome
to my website of beautiful Portrait
Miniatures - like you, I am passionate about miniatures
- they
express eternity, desire and love. Scroll down and click on any
miniature for a larger image.
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for a larger image.
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updated 1st January 2022
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1
Beautiful and very fashionable young Lady.
c1900. Watercolour. Size: 90mm x 65mm.
Gilt-metal frame.
Please ignore camera reflection on her dress.
£950
2
Gerald Sinclair Hayward
1845-1926.
A young lady wearing a white gown.
Signed: 'Gerald S Hayward' to obverse. c1895.
Sitter: Mary Rutherford Morris - grand-daughter of Governor
Morris.
Watercolour. Size: 64mm x 53mm.
Gilt-metal frame.
See page 214 'Dictionary of Miniature Painters 1870-1970'.
Gerald exhibited 1879-1883 RA.
£1200
2a
Page 214 - 'Dictionary of
Miniature Painters 1870-1970'.
3
Beautiful Georgian lady
wearing a white dress and pearl necklace.
Her hair attractively curled.
Watercolour. Oval, 75mm high. c1820.
Ignore light reflection to top of miniature.
The background is a more subdued colour.
£750
4
J T Mitchell fl. 1798-1830.
A young lady wearing a white dress and blue shawl.
Signed to obverse; 'J T Mitchell 1807'
Watercolour. Solid back gilt-metal frame.
Oval, 80mm high.
See page 601 'Miniatures Dictionary and Guide'
- Daphne Foskett.
£850
5
Beautiful young Georgian
lady wearing a white dress and head band.
Possibly by N Freese.
c1810.
Watercolour. Oval, 70mm high.
Gilt-metal locket frame.
£850
6
Jean Daniel Beyer 1785-1846.
Beautiful young lady wearing a brown dress with lace collar.
Signed: 'Beyer and dated 1839'.
Watercolour. Oval, 100mm high.
Gilt-metal frame.
£1150
7
Miss Mary Josephine Gibson 1855-1934.
The beautiful sitter is Mrs Arthur Young, wearing a white dress
with marabou trim to her decollage, her brown hair curled and
upswept.
Signed on the obverse and dated - 'M J Gibson 1891'.
The rim to the reverse engraved 'Mrs Arthur Young - March 1891'.
Gold frame. Watercolour. Oval, 90mm high.
See page 72 'Dictionary of Miniature Painters 1870-1970'.
Mary exhibited 1885-1924 RA, RMS.
£1050
7a
The rim to the reverse of the gold frame engraved
'Mrs Arthur Young - March 1891'.
8
A young lady wearing a pink
dress.
c1890. Watercolour on card.
Gilt-metal frame. Oval, 80mm high.
£95
9
Miss Ethell Jenner Rosenberg.
Stunning, beautiful and fashionable young lady.
Signed to obverse: 'E J R 1895'.
Watercolour on card. Oval, 97mm high.
Gilt-metal frame.
The background is a slightly darker shade of green
on the miniature.
See page 138 'Dictionary of Miniature Painters 1870-1970'.
Ethell exhibited 1883-1909 RA, RMS, SM.
£500
10
A beautiful young lady
wearing a green dress.
Her blonde hair upswept in the fashion of the time.
Signed to the left edge 'Dickinson'. c1900.
Watercolour. Oval, 70mm high.
Gilt-metal pendant frame mounted into a fitted
red velvet case with easel stand to back.
See 11a and 11b below
£550
10a
Miniature in right hand
section of red velvet case.
10b
Detail of velvet case.
Ignore colour on left section, the true colour
is on the right section and in 11a - above.
11
Noel Carter (fl. 1823-1833)
A delightful miniature of a young boy holding a drum stick.
Signed on the back of actual miniature: 'Noel Carter'
Good quality gold frame. Watercolour. Oval, 75mm high.
Exhibited 1823-1833 RA.
Foskett - 'Miniatures Dictionary and Guide' states that
Carter's 'work shows a strong French influence'
£950
11a
Reverse of above.
12
Attributed to Miss Emma
Eleonora Kendrick c. 1788-1871.
A beautiful young lady wearing a white dress and pink shawl.
Watercolour. Gilt-metal frame. Size 90mm x 65mm.
See page 581 'Miniatures - Dictionary and Guide' Daphne Foskett.
Emma exhibited at the Royal Academy 1811-1840.
£550
13
Wilson H. G. Crutwell.
Beautiful young lady named 'Jessica'.
Signed: 'WHGC' to obverse. c1900.
Original frame. Watercolour. Oval, 75mm high.
See page 51 'Dictionary of Miniature Painters 1870-1970'.
Wilson exhibited 1907-1915 RA.
£550
14
Lady Eva Rivett-Carnac
1870-1989.
A lovely miniature of a confident and successful young lady.
The sitter is actress and stage star Marie Lohr. c1900.
Google for more images and her career.
Signed: 'E.R.C' to obverse.
Original frame. Watercolour. Oval, 63mm high.
See page 136 'Dictionary of Miniature Painters 1870-1970'.
Eva exhibited 1880-1918 RA.
£750
15
A young boy wearing a blue
costume - circa 1830.
Watercolour. Gold plated frame. Oval, 40mm high.
The frame has a pierced scrollwork boarder
which is engraved, it has a brooch arm and clasp to the reverse.
£525
16
Pauline Netterville.
A young lady wearing a blue bandeau - c1900.
Signed: P Netterville to obverse.
Watercolour. Gilt-metal frame.
Oval, 80mm high.
£425
17
Beautiful Edwardian young lady wearing a
turquoise dress with a red rose at her corsage and pearls.
Signed with monogram. c1900.
Watercolour. Oval, 70mm high.
Original gilt-metal frame.
£425
18
Lilian Walton
This beautiful woman is Emily Walton, Lilian's mother.
Signed: LW. c1900.
A note on the reverse of the frame states that
Lilian painted the sitter from an old photograph.
Watercolour. Oval, 80mm high.
The gilt-metal oval is set in a rectangular black wood frame
with easel reverse 155mm x 125mm.
Lilian exhibited at the Royal Academy and
Royal Scottish Academy.
£750
19
Francis Reily
A portrait miniature of a beautiful young woman
wearing a white dress and a gold necklace.
Her long hair is worn swept up.
Signed: - F.R. - Francis Reily. c1900.
Watercolour. Oval, 75mm high.
Original Arts & crafts frame.
Francis worked as an artist and art teacher at
Southport School of Art. Exhibited 1884-1919 RA.
See page 135 'Dictionary of Miniature Painters 1870-1970'.
£425
20
Miss Ethel Goodman 1877-1960.
A portrait miniature of a beautiful young woman
with a very fashionable period hairstyle - named Miss Kitty Fox.
Signed: E Goodman on the obverse. c1900.
Watercolour. Oval, 95mm high. Original gilt-metal frame.
Ethel exhibited at the Constable Art Club in 1914.
See page 208 'Dictionary of Miniature Painters 1870-1970'.
Ignore camera reflection across the miniature.
£425
20a
Reverse of above.
21
A beautiful young lady wearing a lavender tulle dress,
a pink rose to her corsage her hair loosely upswept.
c1900. Watercolour.
Oval, 76mm high. Gilt-metal frame.
£550
22
A young lady with auburn
hair wearing a
white dress and lace shawl
threaded with pale blue ribbon. c1900.
Watercolour. Oval, 90mm high.
Set in a gilt-metal surround in a wood acorn frame 145 x 120mm.
£625
22a
Image
showing miniature in acorn frame.
Ignore light reflection at top.
