Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 3rd October 2024

Lot 824

A FRAMED GROUP OF THREE REVERSE PAINTED SILHOUETTES

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £819

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Description

A FRAMED GROUP OF THREE REVERSE PAINTED SILHOUETTES

BY ISABELLA BEETHAM (C.1753-1825)

of a gentleman and two ladies facing right, inside gilt and black painted verre eglomise borders, on convex glass, two inscribed 'By Mrs Beetham, Fleet St', together with another single silhouette portrait of a lady facing right, inside a similar verre églomisé border and similarly inscribed, the reverse inscribed in pen 'By Mrs Beetham, No. 27 Fleet Street', both in ebonised frames (2)

each silhouette 7.7 x 6.2cm (max)