Lot 288: Clementina Robertson (Mrs. John Siree) (Irish, 1795-1853/8) Miss Cynthia Harcourt, wearing dark purple dress with voluminous sleeve, lorgnette on fine gold chain, white lace headdress with veil and decorated with cerise flowers, pendent gold

Miss Cynthia Harcourt, wearing dark purple dress with voluminous sleeve, lorgnette on fine gold chain, white lace headdress with veil and decorated with cerise flowers, pendent gold earrings, her right hand raised to her chest, red curtain and open doorway in the background. Signed on the reverse and inscribed Cynthia Harcourt/ Clementina Robertson , ormolu frame with foliate motif and slip. Rectangular, 125mm ( 4 15/16in) high Literature: Daphne Foskett, Collecting Miniatures , Woodridge, 1979, ill.p.238, pl.58A and in colour pl.35D