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SAMUEL LOVER (IRISH, 1797-1868)
A pair of miniatures; a lady, seated at a table, a quill in her hand, a letter on the table alongside an inkwell, wearing dark dress with gem-set brooch at corsage, gold earrings, brown silk headdress, an embroidered shawl draped over her left arm next to an urn; another lady, seated next to a vase of flowers, wearing brown dress with white ruff and headdress, in her right hand an eye-glass suspended from a long gold chain worn around her neck
the former signed 'S. Lover RHA' (below table top)
on ivory
rectangular, 6 5/16 x 4 11/16 in. (161 x 120 mm.) and 6 5/8 x 5 1/16 in. (169 x 130 mm.), respectively, in giltwood and gesso frames of identical size (2)
A pair of miniatures; a lady, seated at a table, a quill in her hand, a letter on the table alongside an inkwell, wearing dark dress with gem-set brooch at corsage, gold earrings, brown silk headdress, an embroidered shawl draped over her left arm next to an urn; another lady, seated next to a vase of flowers, wearing brown dress with white ruff and headdress, in her right hand an eye-glass suspended from a long gold chain worn around her neck
the former signed 'S. Lover RHA' (below table top)
on ivory
rectangular, 6 5/16 x 4 11/16 in. (161 x 120 mm.) and 6 5/8 x 5 1/16 in. (169 x 130 mm.), respectively, in giltwood and gesso frames of identical size (2)
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