Four children: the youngest seated full length on a white cushion on a wooden chair, in white dress and bonnet and red shoes, surrounded by a boy in blue jacket, white trousers and white shirt, long brown hair and two girls in white dresses, one with blue sash, long brown hair
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WILLIAM READ (BRITISH, FL. 1778-1796)
Four children: the youngest seated full length on a white cushion on a wooden chair, in white dress and bonnet and red shoes, surrounded by a boy in blue jacket, white trousers and white shirt, long brown hair and two girls in white dresses, one with blue sash, long brown hair
oval, 3 7/8 in. (98 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame, the reverse with gold initials JE on plaited hair with gold wire and four locks of curls
Four children: the youngest seated full length on a white cushion on a wooden chair, in white dress and bonnet and red shoes, surrounded by a boy in blue jacket, white trousers and white shirt, long brown hair and two girls in white dresses, one with blue sash, long brown hair
oval, 3 7/8 in. (98 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame, the reverse with gold initials JE on plaited hair with gold wire and four locks of curls
Provenance
Christie's, London, 29 February 1972, lot 31.
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