(British/American School, 19th century)

The largest: Lady with a Fancy Hair Do, unsigned, watercolor on card, 5-1/2 x 4-1/4  in.; carved wood frame, 6-1/4 x 5 in.; Lady in a Cap, unsigned, watercolor on very thin paper, 4-3/4 x 4 in.; carved wood frame with eglomise spandrel, 6 x 5 in.; Fancy Lady in Profile, unsigned, watercolor on paper, 4-1/2 x 4 in.; carved gilt and painted wood frame with eglomise spandrel, 5-1/4 x 4-3/4 in.; Lady in a Fancy Cap, unsigned, signed illegibly label verso "...miniature Painter/Mile Town...", watercolor on ivory, 2-3/4 x 2-1/4 in.; ebonized wood frame with gilt spandrel, 6-1/2 x 5-1/2 in.

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Provenance: Private Collection, Middleburg, Virginia am/art[[portrait-miniature]]

the first three with wear at edges, small losses, toning and fading, the second with a large section of missing paper upper right, the last with good surface, wear commensurate with age; all frames with wear, chips, and losses