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A wooden miniature display frame with ribbon surmount containing fourteen miniatures including a portrait by T.M. Fox
James Murray, in a black coat and sprigged waistcoat; verso another gentleman, in black coat and tied blue cravat
the former signed, inscribed, dated and with artist's address 'Portrait of James Murray Born Jany 3rd (Tuesday) 1815. /8 o'clock A.M. painted by T.M. Fox Miniature Painter 2 Bedford Place Commercial Road East London April 25. 1844.', the latter signed, dated and artist's address as above, chased and engraved frame
ovals, 2½ in. (51 mm.) high; and others by various artists including an actor in a scarlet shirt and white collar, black cloak; a young gentleman, in a blue coat and powdered hair en queue; an officer, in a black coat; two enamels of fishing in Swiss lake landscapes; a young lady, in a white dress; two decorative ladies: one in Tudor dress, on porcelain; one wearing pink roses and red ribbons in her high-piled powdered hair; a lady, facing right in a blue dress; a gentleman, in a brown coat and waistcoat, powdered wig; a memento mori of a lady leaning on an urn; a young child in a white dress, on porcelain; and a lady, in a gray dress with fichu and wearing a white bonnet with blue ribbon on her curling hair
all ovals, 1 1/8 in. (25 mm.) to 2 5/8 in. (67 mm.) high
frame overall, 19 5/8 x 12¼ in. (495 x 310 mm.)
(In common frame)
See part lot illustration
James Murray, in a black coat and sprigged waistcoat; verso another gentleman, in black coat and tied blue cravat
the former signed, inscribed, dated and with artist's address 'Portrait of James Murray Born Jany 3rd (Tuesday) 1815. /8 o'clock A.M. painted by T.M. Fox Miniature Painter 2 Bedford Place Commercial Road East London April 25. 1844.', the latter signed, dated and artist's address as above, chased and engraved frame
ovals, 2½ in. (51 mm.) high; and others by various artists including an actor in a scarlet shirt and white collar, black cloak; a young gentleman, in a blue coat and powdered hair en queue; an officer, in a black coat; two enamels of fishing in Swiss lake landscapes; a young lady, in a white dress; two decorative ladies: one in Tudor dress, on porcelain; one wearing pink roses and red ribbons in her high-piled powdered hair; a lady, facing right in a blue dress; a gentleman, in a brown coat and waistcoat, powdered wig; a memento mori of a lady leaning on an urn; a young child in a white dress, on porcelain; and a lady, in a gray dress with fichu and wearing a white bonnet with blue ribbon on her curling hair
all ovals, 1 1/8 in. (25 mm.) to 2 5/8 in. (67 mm.) high
frame overall, 19 5/8 x 12¼ in. (495 x 310 mm.)
(In common frame)
See part lot illustration
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.