A young Lady, facing left in sand-coloured dress with pink bodice and fichu, large white lace bordered turban with bow in her upswept dark hair

This is a typical work of Birch's American period. In 1794, Birch took his family to Philadelphia and introduced enamel painting in America. Other enamels of his American period are illlustrated in D. T. Johnson, American Portrait Miniatures in the Manney Collection, New York, 1990, colour pl. 9, and no. 13-17.