Auction 65 / Lot 1669
Title
FINE PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A LADY WITH A HAT
Artist
WILLIAM WOOD
Artist Data
1769 Suffolk - 1810 London
Origin
London, around 1790
Technique
Gouache on ivory
Dimension
76 x 57 mm / 95 x 65 mm (with frame)
Reserve price
Hammer price
Description
Verso: Signed on the reverse side of the paper cover 'By Will: Wood, of Corkstreet, Lond. High oval form. Half-length portrait of a young lady in a brown dress to the right. The band of the yellow hat decorated with flower-like bouquets. Framed behind glass in 14 ct. gold mount. Literature: Daphne Foskett: Miniatures. Dictionary and Guide, Suffolk 1990, 387. Exhibition catalogue: Daphne Foskett: British Portrait Miniatures, Edinburgh 1965; Kunsthandel Wachholz, Munich.
