English and French, 18th & 19th Century

wax profile portrait of John Scott, inscribed: John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, Lord Chancellor, Lord Cockburn, English 18th Century; wax profile of George Washington, white wax on blue ground, French 19th Century; wax portrait of a man on blue glass mount, probably 19th Century; wax portrait of a man inscribed: UNI AEQUUS VIRTUTI... 1779, English 18th Century

Portrait of John Scott: Sotheby's 1922

Overall the condition of the wax portraits is good with some minor and stable deteriorisation to the wax and some dirt. There are some minor cracks to the blue ground in the portrait of Washington.
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