A Mid 19thC Naïve Scottish School Portrait Miniature on Card; Martha Howard 1848 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope This wonderfully memorable and fluid

This wonderfully memorable and fluid piece feels as though she has

There are no repairs or signs of any restoration to note and thus they remain in desirable original condition

which housed Victorian botanical enthusiasts and this piece would have been at home in such a room

Rather like guardian lions that may welcome one to a sweeping gothic Victorian rectory

and what nineteenth century phrenologists called "the only true science of mind"

A Mid 19thC Naïve Scottish School Portrait Miniature on Card; Martha Howard 1848 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope This wonderfully memorable and fluidOrigin: Scottish Period: Early Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1848 Width: 6 Height: 7. 5 Depth: 1 The rather unusual mid nineteenth century nave Scottish portrait miniature crafted in watercolours and pen and ink on card; showing a lady in profile inscribed beneath in contemporary hand "Martha Howard Taken Dec 1848", the sitter shown in crisp profile, her hair arranged in side ringlets and a back knot, and wearing a vividly rendered red tartan