Lot Essay
Sarah Biffin (1784-1850) was born without hands or feet. She learned to paint using her mouth to hold the brush and went on to sketch and to paint miniatures.
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Sarah Biffin
A Girl, seated on a sofa, in blue striped dress with lace trim, black lace fingerless gloves and holding a heart-shaped bracelet
on paper, signed, inscribed without hands and dated 1845 on the reverse
rectangular, 5 7/8in.(150mm.) high
A Girl, seated on a sofa, in blue striped dress with lace trim, black lace fingerless gloves and holding a heart-shaped bracelet
on paper, signed, inscribed without hands and dated 1845 on the reverse
rectangular, 5 7/8in.(150mm.) high