An English portrait miniature of a young lady in a frilled black dress. - image-1

Lot 786 Dα

An English portrait miniature of a young lady in a frilled black dress.

Auction 1056 - overview Cologne
13.11.2015, 10:30 - Silver and Miniatures
Estimate: 600 € - 800 €
Result: 558 € (incl. premium)

An English portrait miniature of a young lady in a frilled black dress.

Gouache on ivory in a gilt copper capsule frame. An English portrait miniature of a young lady in a frilled black dress. Signed and dated "J.H. Mole, pinxt. May 1855" to the reverse. 7 x 5.6 cm.
John Henry Mole (Alnwick 1814 - London 1886), 1855.

Provenance

Collection Walter Moraw. Purchased in 1993 from Kunsthandel Henninger-Tavcar, Pforzheim.

Literature

Mentioned and illus. in: Schidlof, Miniature in Europe, Graz 1964, vol. II p. 566, vol. IV, pl. 409, no. 836.