William Charles Ross, A Young Lady, ca. 1825

See the artist’s biography in volume 4.

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 95, as A Young Lady [1];

Current location unknown.

Notes

[1] “A young lady, seated half-length in a red chair, her fair hair arranged in curls and wearing a low-cut white dress with puff sleeves and a blue sash, a brooch pinned to her bodice, within a gilt-metal mount and later giltwood frame, rectangular 3 1/4 in.; 8.2 cm.” The annotated catalogue has a circled lot number and lists “180” below the lot description.

Silhouettes and Fine Portrait Miniatures (London: Sotheby’s, March 15, 1982), 25, as A Young Lady.