Details

FRANCIS SYKES (BRITISH, FL. C. 1746 - 1763)
A young lady, in white dress and white surcoat with yellow border
signed and dated 'F: Sykes / 1765' (lower left)
on ivory
oval, 1.3/8 in. (36 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with woven hair reverse

Provenance

Christie's, London, 18 June 1974, lot 63.
With D. S. Lavender (Antiques) Ltd., in 1994.

Special notice

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