SAMUEL SHELLEY (BRITISH, 1750/1756 - 1808)
A young lady, in white dress and shawl trimmed with gold braiding and pearls, upswept powdered hair; woodland background
signed and dated on backing card '1781 / March / Sam: Shelley pinxt / No 16 King Street / Covent Garden / London.'
on ivory
oval, 3.5/8 in. (92 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with paste-set border, the reverse with navette-shaped blue glass
SAMUEL SHELLEY (BRITISH, 1750/1756 - 1808)
A young lady, in white dress and shawl trimmed with gold braiding and pearls, upswept powdered hair; woodland background
signed and dated on backing card '1781 / March / Sam: Shelley pinxt / No 16 King Street / Covent Garden / London.'
on ivory
oval, 3.5/8 in. (92 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with paste-set border, the reverse with navette-shaped blue glass
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