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Miss Loraine Smith, in blue-bordered white silk dress with lace underdress, pearl necklace pinned at corsage, fur-bordered gold embroidered white silk surcoat, pearls and white feather in her white turban headgear in her pale pink powdered curling and upswept hair
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JOHN SMART (BRITISH, 1742/43-1811)
Miss Loraine Smith, in blue-bordered white silk dress with lace underdress, pearl necklace pinned at corsage, fur-bordered gold embroidered white silk surcoat, pearls and white feather in her white turban headgear in her pale pink powdered curling and upswept hair
signed with initials and dated 'J.S. 1781'
oval, 2 in. (51 mm.) high, gold frame with bright-cut border, the reverse with central panel of plaited hair and engraved with the sitter's name and dated 1783
Miss Loraine Smith, in blue-bordered white silk dress with lace underdress, pearl necklace pinned at corsage, fur-bordered gold embroidered white silk surcoat, pearls and white feather in her white turban headgear in her pale pink powdered curling and upswept hair
signed with initials and dated 'J.S. 1781'
oval, 2 in. (51 mm.) high, gold frame with bright-cut border, the reverse with central panel of plaited hair and engraved with the sitter's name and dated 1783
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