Antique English pre-Raphaelite Portrait Miniature, Beautiful Woman in Costume oil painting fork & gigot and the

fork & gigot and the storage case/box

More to a petit point or micro point

And it's supple

when such imitation casein-based (milk proteins) were being used out of France

Lovely old treasure of fine quality and high appeal

Antique English pre-Raphaelite Portrait Miniature, Beautiful Woman in Costume oil painting fork & gigot and theA superb antique portrait in miniature, gouache or watercolor on card or heavy paper, or possibly on natural wafer I have not taken her out. The painting is superb! In the Pre Raphaelite tradition, probably done mid 1800s. Very much in the style of Alma Tadema, or Rosetti, others of that movement. I would place it mid to later 1800s, and while I do not find a signature visible in aperture, it surely is done by an accomplished artist. I did not open