Lot Essay
The fifth child of John Miers, Harriet was born in Edinburgh on 10th August 1787.
Details
John Field
Harriet Miers, in profile to right, in dress with frill at the back of her collar, her hair upswept
signed 'Miers' below truncation, in fitted red leather case
oval, 1.5/8 in. (42 mm.) high
Harriet Miers, in profile to right, in dress with frill at the back of her collar, her hair upswept
signed 'Miers' below truncation, in fitted red leather case
oval, 1.5/8 in. (42 mm.) high
Literature
S. McKechnie, British Silhouette Artists and their Work 1760-1860, London, 1978, p. 54, pl. 70