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A miniature portrait painting depicting a lady in the style of the late 18th century, rendered in watercolour or gouache on an organic substrate. The sitter is shown in three-quarter profile, wearing a wide-brimmed maroon hat adorned with pink plumes and a blue bodice featuring a white ruffled collar and a pink bow. The work is housed within an oval dark metal bezel featuring relief-moulded ornamentation. The rectangular frame is composed of inlaid bone or ivory segments, decorated with black-inked linear borders and scrolled ribbon-and-bow motifs in the four corners. A small metal hanging loop is attached to the left-hand edge of the frame. No artist signature or inscription is visible on the portrait or frame.
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