Swedish School Portrait Of Maria Birgitta Beige An exceptional 19th-century portrait of

An exceptional 19th-century portrait of a gentleman wearing a black coat along with a white cravat and stiff upstanding collar

Medium: Watercolour Overall size: 5½” x 7” / 14cm x 18cmYear of creation: c

while his comrade is leaning forward with his hands on the boat

21½” x 15” / 55cm x 38cm

Very dark with various paint losses and scuffs

Swedish School Portrait Of Maria Birgitta Beige An exceptional 19th-century portrait ofA provincial mid 19th century portrait of a seated lady wearing a black dome shaped dressed with a white collar. Her right arm is resting on a table with several red books, which indicates her literacy. Her style fits perfectly alongside other portraits from the 1840s. It was a decade whereby dome shaped dresses became increasingly more voluminous and hair was parted perfectly in the centre. Women also often wore pendants or cameos attached to long