Miniature Portrait from British India

A very fine miniature portrait of an elegant and heavily bejeweled young Indian woman seated in a carved ivory chair, painted in the style of English miniature watercolors on ivory. In an elaborate gilt brass frame.

The painting itself measures about 2″ x 1.5″

A similar, but larger, portrait is in the collection of the Walters Art Gallery #38.518

India 1840 c.H: 5"W: 3.8"Reference number: 28633