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Attributed to Henry Jacob Burch, A Child, ca. 1790, gold frame, the reverse with arrangement of hair, seed pearls, and gold thread on an opalescent glass ground, oval 5 1/4 in. (5.7 cm), repro. in Silhouettes and Fine Portrait Miniatures (London: Sotheby’s, March 15, 1982)

Attributed to Henry Jacob Burch, A Child, ca. 1790

Artist Attributed to Henry Jacob Burch (English, 1762–1834)
Title A Child
Object Date ca. 1790
Setting Gold frame, the reverse with arrangement of hair, seed pearls, and gold thread on an opalescent glass ground
Dimensions oval 5 1/4 in. (5.7 cm) high

doi: 10.37764/8322.5.4715

Artist's Biography

See the artist’s biography in volume 4.

Provenance

Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, by 1982;

Sold at their sale, Silhouettes and Fine Portrait Miniatures, Sotheby’s, London, March 15, 1982, lot 84, as A Child [1];

Current location unknown.

Notes

[1] “A child with curling fair hair, wearing a white dress with a blue sash, cloud and sky background, within a gold frame, the reverse with arrangement of hair, seed pearls and gold thread on an opalescent glass ground, oval 5 1/4 in.; 5.7 cm.” The annotated catalogue lists “1100” below the lot description.

References

Silhouettes and Fine Portrait Miniatures (London: Sotheby’s, March 15, 1982), 22, as A Child.

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Attributed to Henry Jacob Burch, A Child, ca. 1790, gold frame, the reverse with arrangement of hair, seed pearls, and gold thread on an opalescent glass ground, oval 5 1/4 in. (5.7 cm), repro. in Silhouettes and Fine Portrait Miniatures (London: Sotheby’s, March 15, 1982)