A Mid 19thC Naïve Scottish School Portrait Miniature on Card; Martha Howard 1848 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope Rather like guardian lions that

Rather like guardian lions that may welcome one to a sweeping gothic Victorian rectory

wonderfully evocative of the early renaissance and brilliantly decorative

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A Mid 19thC Naïve Scottish School Portrait Miniature on Card; Martha Howard 1848 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope Rather like guardian lions thatOrigin: 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