Lot 289: Stephen Catterson Smith (Irish, 1806-1872) A Lady, wearing dress with gigot sleeves, bodice and shoulders trimmed with black lace, a white bertha tied with bow at the neck, her hair dressed in ringlets with a ruffled cap trimmed hanging ribbons,

A Lady, wearing dress with gigot sleeves, bodice and shoulders trimmed with black lace, a white bertha tied with bow at the neck, her hair dressed in ringlets with a ruffled cap trimmed hanging ribbons, seated on a sofa, holding pencil in her hand and writing in a open book in her lap, a boy standing to her right, wearing full-skirted buttoned dress, a girl seated to her left, wearing dress with puffed sleeves, white ankle socks and black shoes, a doll resting on her knee. Pencil and Chinese white on paper, signed on the obverse Catterson Smith , unframed. Rectangular, 214mm ( 8 7/16in) high