SOLD Antique Miniature Hand-colored Engraved Portrait of Fancy Woman in Fancy Frame critical with just a bit of

with just a bit of darkening and bumping around the edges

I'm not quite sure what this once was a part of

19 1/2" measured beak to tail

and what a lovely thing for a friend or sibling to give to another

with details about the specimen on the left

SOLD Antique Miniature Hand-colored Engraved Portrait of Fancy Woman in Fancy Frame critical with just a bit ofThis beauty! At first I took her for a watercolor, but close inspection reveals her to be a hand colored engraving, and while I am not an expert on miniature portraiture, I believe, based on some research, that she dates to the early 19th century or so which is also when ringlets like hers very in vogue. From what I have read, many painters of miniature portraits were also engravers and worked in both medium both certainly requiring quite a lot of