Extraordinary portrait miniature in a rare half body pose. The sitter appears to be in mourning. Exquisite details — her book, her rings, the arm garter! She has a Titus or coiffure à la victime hairstyle briefly popular after the French Revolution. This hairstyle emulated the female prisoners during the French Revolution, whose hair was shorn in prison. Really a wonderful piece. Watercolor on ivory with a brass frame
