September 2011 - six additions and a new dealer

Continuing on from the wide variety of acquisitions in recent months, there are a number of interesting miniature portrait additions to the collection.

One French, two British, and three American, and covering the period of 1825-1925.

The French one is by a previously unrecorded artist J Massard and is dated 1822, see View

A special addition is a charming miniature of three children by the American artist Nathaniel Rogers, see View This seems to be the only known miniature portrait by him depicting three sitters together.

There is a miniature by a previously unrecorded American artist Edgar Dennis of the mid 19C, which is possibly a self-portrait, see View

The two British miniatures include a tiny portrait in enamel of a dog titled "Impudence" by William Essex, which joins with a miniature of the same subject by William Bishop Ford acquired several months ago, see View

A 20C portrait of a man by A Birnbon, joins with another portrait by this artist, of a young man which was acquired several years ago, see View

Also interesting is a rare portrait of King Edward VIII by Grace Rosher. Particularly unusual about this is that the reverse of the miniature is signed "Edward P" a favour granted to the artist by Edward when he was Prince of Wales, see View

New Dealer
For those interested in purchasing quality French miniature portraits, a well respected expert on French miniatures has set up a new website to sell miniatures, especially French miniatures. It is GALLERY JAEGY-THEOLEYRE at http://www.jaegy-theoleyre.com/

There is an outstanding selection of quality French miniature portraits available for purchase there. Perhaps they will tempt some wealthy investors who are seeking an alternative to gold or diamonds in these uncertain investment times!