Thursday

Unknown - portrait of James Thomson - Rule Britannia

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      James Thomson - Rule Britannia This is a miniature portrait of James Thomson, at auction it was described as; This is a rare period m...
Monday

Smart, John portrait of General Thomas Bruce

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This month sees the fortunate addition to the collection of a miniature portrait by the famous miniature painter John Smart (1742/3-1811). ...

Unknown - portrait of Percy Shelley

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This is a rare miniature portrait of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822). He was one of the major English Romantic poets and is criti...
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Thursday

Unknown - portrait of Mrs Robert Owen and family

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Some basic research has revealed that this impressively framed miniature portrait had bounced around between various auction houses before...
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William Essex and William Bishop Ford - Impudence

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Recently, A tiny enamel miniature by William Bishop Ford was added to the collection. But that has now been "exceeded" in miniatur...
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Monday

Scot, A - portrait of a minister and his wife

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Unfortunately the two sitters in this pair of miniature portraits are unidentified, so little can be said about them. The man is obviously a...
Thursday

Rosse, Michael - portrait of King William III

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Although the artist is unconfirmed, this enamel miniature of King William III (1650-1702) would have been painted around 1700. Thus it is ab...
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Tuesday

Princess Amelia - portrait of King George III

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This very interesting miniature of George III (1738-1820) is unsigned, but has been attributed to Princess Amelia (7 Aug 1783-3 Nov 1810) th...
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