Arrangement of shells set to look like flowers within a glass dome: base in ebony.
England
1835 ca.
29 x 19 x 47 cm.
George Romney (26 December 1734 – 15 November 1802)
“Sketch portrait of Mrs Moody, 1786” (written on the back in pencil)
On the back, over a “P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd.” card it bears:
“Portrait of a lady seated, holding dog & letter
Drawing in pen, bistre & grey wash by George Romney (1734-1802)”
On top of that there is square card depicting Athena, Hercules
and two flying putti and the words: “”Ex Thesauro W. Graham””
It also has a catalogue number: “T5949”