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Parkin
Mrs. Chandler, in profile to right, in dress with frilled collar, and wearing a bonnet decorated with blue ribbons; and another lady, in profile to right, in dress with ruffled collar, wearing a frilled bonnet and a stole over her arms
painted on convex glass, rectangular frames
ovals, 2.7/8 in. (73 mm.) high (2)
Literature
S. McKechnie, British Silhouette Artists and their Work 1760-1860, London, 1978, p. 552

Lot Essay

The silhouette of Mrs. Chandler is a good example of Parkin's use of fingerprinting which accentuated the transparent drapery of the dress.

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