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C. Roberts Oil on Wax Miniature Portrait of a Lady

Item Details

An oil painting on wax miniature portrait by C. Roberts or Robarts. Dated 1749, the oval painting depicts a seated woman wearing a wide brimmed hat decked with feathers atop her powdered curls and a red dress with a frilly white bodice. The background features drapery and a classical column. It is signed and dated to the lower right and mounted in an gold tone oval metal frame fitted with an easel back.

Condition

- wear to visible edges of wax including 0.25" crack at lower edge of dress and upper edge of column, chipping to lower right, tarnish to frame.

Dimensions

5.5" W x 6.5" H x 0.5" D

- measurements of frame laid flat.

Item #

17STA045-256

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