A Mid 19thC Naïve Scottish School Portrait Miniature on Card; Martha Howard 1848 antiques and some light fading

and some light fading

Origin: Irish

with two internal drawers

The sitters curls to her hair indicate that she may well be northern Spanish rather than southern French

A Mid 19thC Naïve Scottish School Portrait Miniature on Card; Martha Howard 1848 antiques and some light fadingOrigin: Scottish Period: Early Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1848 Width: 6 Height: 7. 5 Depth: 1 The rather unusual mid nineteenth century nave Scottish portrait miniature crafted in watercolours and pen and ink on card; showing a lady in profile inscribed beneath in contemporary hand "Martha Howard Taken Dec 1848", the sitter shown in crisp profile, her hair arranged in side ringlets and a back knot, and wearing a vividly rendered red tartan