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EDWARD MILES (BRITISH, 1752-1828)
A lady called Mrs Merry, in white dress with frilled collar and blue sash, blue bandeau in her powdered curling hair; sky background
on ivory
oval, 3.1/8 in. (80 mm.) high, gold frame
A lady called Mrs Merry, in white dress with frilled collar and blue sash, blue bandeau in her powdered curling hair; sky background
on ivory
oval, 3.1/8 in. (80 mm.) high, gold frame
Provenance
Christie's, London, 3 March 1993, lot 18.
Literature
L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, II, p. 1008, no. 823 (as Mrs Merry), IV, pl. 403, no. 823.
Special notice
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