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A young lady, facing right dressed as a shepherdess, in white dress with blue bodice and pink underskirt, pink veil falling from her upswept hair; seated holding an open book in her left hand, her crook beside her, spindle and yarn, sheep and tree foreground, landscape, sea and mountainous background
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FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1730/40
A young lady, facing right dressed as a shepherdess, in white dress with blue bodice and pink underskirt, pink veil falling from her upswept hair; seated holding an open book in her left hand, her crook beside her, spindle and yarn, sheep and tree foreground, landscape, sea and mountainous background
on vellum
26 in. (55 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount within gilt-metal frame cast with a beaded border and a pierced ribbon cresting
A young lady, facing right dressed as a shepherdess, in white dress with blue bodice and pink underskirt, pink veil falling from her upswept hair; seated holding an open book in her left hand, her crook beside her, spindle and yarn, sheep and tree foreground, landscape, sea and mountainous background
on vellum
26 in. (55 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount within gilt-metal frame cast with a beaded border and a pierced ribbon cresting