Lot 412: WILLIAM EGLEY (BRITISH, 1798-1870)

WILLIAM EGLEY (BRITISH, 1798-1870)
Lady Emma Pennant, née Brudenell, in black dress with white gauze sleeves, a coloured shawl draped over her right arm which rests on a stone wall, her left hand, with gold wedding band, holding the other end of her shawl, gold bracelet, fair hair dressed in ringlets; curtain background
signed and dated on the backing card 'W. Egley Miniature Painter 67 Cirencester Place Fitzroy Sq. 1829'
rectangular with arched top and bottom, 4¼ x 3 1/8 in. (109 x 80 mm.), ebonised wood frame with gilt-metal mount and acorn motif
The backing card is further inscribed in pencil with the sitter's name and biographical information.