Lot Essay
The original painting of Lizinka de Mirbel, exhibited in The Salon of 1831, is in Musée de Versailles, inventory no. MV4834
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Frederick Cruickshank
A Gentleman, seated facing right in brown coat, grey trousers and cream-coloured waistcoat, in an upholstered chair; curtain background
signed with initials and dated 'F.C. 1831', watercolour on card
rectangular, 8 5/8in. (220mm.) high; a drawing of the miniaturist Lizinka de Mirbel, standing full length in floral sprigged dress and bonnet (French School, first half 19th Century, after Charles-Emilie Callande de Champmartin), pencil on paper; and a young Lady, seated facing right in black dress, gold bracelets, her hair dressed with a plait, in a purple upholstered chair (Adolf Ruprecht)
watercolour on card, signed and dated 'Ad Ruprecht 850' (3)
A Gentleman, seated facing right in brown coat, grey trousers and cream-coloured waistcoat, in an upholstered chair; curtain background
signed with initials and dated 'F.C. 1831', watercolour on card
rectangular, 8 5/8in. (220mm.) high; a drawing of the miniaturist Lizinka de Mirbel, standing full length in floral sprigged dress and bonnet (French School, first half 19th Century, after Charles-Emilie Callande de Champmartin), pencil on paper; and a young Lady, seated facing right in black dress, gold bracelets, her hair dressed with a plait, in a purple upholstered chair (Adolf Ruprecht)
watercolour on card, signed and dated 'Ad Ruprecht 850' (3)