Lot Essay
Sarah Siddons (1755-1831) was a very successful English actress born in Brecon.
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A collection of decorative miniatures of ladies
including Mrs. Sarah Siddons, in white dress and wearing a turban in her curling hair; a lady, in dress with orange bodice and lace sleeves, a falling veil in her powdered hair; a lady, in pink dress and wearing a cap on her high-piled powdered hair; a lady, in dress with laced blue bodice and white sleeves, wearing a straw hat, flowers gathered in her blue apron; a lady, facing right in pink dress with blue border, a blue ribbon in her upswept hair; and a lady, in orange dress, wearing a pearl earring, dark hair
two on ivorine with printed bases, black rectangular frames
ovals, 2 in. (63 mm.) to 3 in. (89 mm.) high (6)
including Mrs. Sarah Siddons, in white dress and wearing a turban in her curling hair; a lady, in dress with orange bodice and lace sleeves, a falling veil in her powdered hair; a lady, in pink dress and wearing a cap on her high-piled powdered hair; a lady, in dress with laced blue bodice and white sleeves, wearing a straw hat, flowers gathered in her blue apron; a lady, facing right in pink dress with blue border, a blue ribbon in her upswept hair; and a lady, in orange dress, wearing a pearl earring, dark hair
two on ivorine with printed bases, black rectangular frames
ovals, 2 in. (63 mm.) to 3 in. (89 mm.) high (6)