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English School, circa 1810
A silhouette of Jane Edwards, in profile to right, in a dress with frilled collar and wearing a sprigged cap
painted on card, heightened with gold, turned wood frame
oval, 2¾ in. (70 mm.) high; and a gentleman, in profile to right, in coat and waistcoat (English School, 1827)
painted on card, heightened with gold, dated on reverse '6th December 1827', rectangular frame
oval 3 13/16 in. (96 mm.) high; and three miniatures of a young child in a white dress and bonnet; Jane Edwards, full face in a white dress and bonnet; and Ann Edwards (1788-1861), in a white dress with blue stole and wearing an elaborate bonnet with pink ribbon on her ringlets
on card, two in black frames, one in gilt wood and composition frame
various shapes, 2¼ in. (57 mm.) to 3 5/8 in. (92 mm.) high (5)

Lot Essay

Jane Edwards, born in Sevenoaks in 1792, was the fourth of nine children born to Sarah and William Edwards. When Jane was 71 she wrote a "diary" entitled 'Jane Edwards 1792....1868 Her recollections of old Sevenoaks' which was completed in September 1863. These recollections were really a look at the inhabitants and their lives in Sevenoaks, a small country town, in the first half of the nineteenth century. She died five years after the book was published.

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