This miniature portrait is in wax and is signed below the bust "C Andras A D 1820". Catherine Andras (1775-1860) was a wax modeller who worked in London. This wax model of George III is recorded in Pyke's Dictionary. On the rear of the frame there is a typed note recording "Inside the back of this frame is the origimal receipt made out as follows :- Portrait of / His Late Majesty George the Third/ Modelled by Catherine Andras / Modeller in Wax to His Late Majesty / Published (?) as his aide directed July 4th 1821 / No. 30 Pall Mall / 2 Guineas". 1093
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