The heads of three young girls in clouds; the eldest with lace ruff, her brown hair upswept in a knot and held by a large tortoiseshell comb; a girl with her brown hair dressed in ringlets; and the youngest with wings and her brown hair dressed in ringlets
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HIPPOLYTE CHAPON (fl. 1810-1840)
The heads of three young girls in clouds; the eldest with lace ruff, her brown hair upswept in a knot and held by a large tortoiseshell comb; a girl with her brown hair dressed in ringlets; and the youngest with wings and her brown hair dressed in ringlets
signed and dated 'chapon. 1830.' (lower right)
oval, 3½ in. (89 mm.) high, with artist's joins, stamped gilt-metal mount with foliate border
The heads of three young girls in clouds; the eldest with lace ruff, her brown hair upswept in a knot and held by a large tortoiseshell comb; a girl with her brown hair dressed in ringlets; and the youngest with wings and her brown hair dressed in ringlets
signed and dated 'chapon. 1830.' (lower right)
oval, 3½ in. (89 mm.) high, with artist's joins, stamped gilt-metal mount with foliate border
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