17th Nov, 2011 9:00 GMT/BST

Autumn Catalogue Sale

 
Lot 1119
 
Lot 1119 - Attributed to Alfred Tidey (1808-1892): Portrait Miniature of Two Pretty Little Girls, one kneeling
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1119

Attributed to Alfred Tidey (1808-1892): Portrait Miniature of Two Pretty Little Girls, one kneeling

Attributed to Alfred Tidey (1808-1892): Portrait Miniature of Two Pretty Little Girls, one kneeling by and one seated in a tub chair, holding posies, a garden seen through a window beyond, inscribed on a later label verso Possibly by Alfred Tidey, watercolour on ivory, oval, 15cm by 13cm, with paper note inscribed This miniature belongs to Dorothy Layton & from 1927 (June 29) it is hers CFH West June 1927, in a folding leather two door easel back case

Sold for £800
Estimated at £500 - £800


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Case in poor condition, right hand side front cover detached. The miniature has a crack running entirely up the right hand side segment, and also on the left, and a crack running across the top segment (this is so large that the ivory veneers were probably cut to appropriate sizes and fitted together so this may be natural? 111111

Auction: Autumn Catalogue Sale, 17th Nov, 2011

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