ENGLISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1874

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ENGLISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1874
Miss Helen Rose Huth seated in pale blue dress with frilled lace collar tied at corsage, pearl necklace, fair hair
gilt-metal pendant frame with lock of hair reverse, in fitted red leather case
oval, 4 in. (102 mm.) high

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Helen Rose Huth (1837-1924), née Ogilvy, married the collector Louis Huth of Possingworth. The Huths were collectors of the works of George Frederick Watts and the American artist, James James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Helen Huth posed for Whistler for her portrait in 1872. Her portrait had been previously painted by Watts. Her portrait had been previously painted by Watts.

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