SOLD Antique Miniature Hand-colored Engraved Portrait of Fancy Woman in Fancy Frame critical 19 1/2" measured beak to

19 1/2" measured beak to tail

and Walker Art Center

but also the perfect pitcher for pouring whatever at a summer backyard gathering

but Eric Oglander at tihngs posted a pair some time ago which I had held in my memory and looked up

SOLD Antique Miniature Hand-colored Engraved Portrait of Fancy Woman in Fancy Frame critical 19 1/2" measured beak toThis beauty! At first I took her for a watercolor, but close inspection reveals her to be a hand colored engraving, and while I am not an expert on miniature portraiture, I believe, based on some research, that she dates to the early 19th century or so which is also when ringlets like hers very in vogue. From what I have read, many painters of miniature portraits were also engravers and worked in both medium both certainly requiring quite a lot of