The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III
The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III
Auction Closed
December 5, 07:06 PM GMT
Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
Lot Details
Description
SARAH BIFFIN, LATER MRS WRIGHT
Quantoxhead 1784 - Liverpool 1850
SELF-PORTRAIT BEFORE HER EASEL, CIRCA 1821
Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-wood frame
124 by 103 mm.
Sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 June 1986, lot 225
This miniature by Sarah Biffin is a variant of a self-portrait which was engraved by R.W. Sievier and published in London in June 1821 and dedicated by the artist to Princess Augusta.