18th.Century German School Small Watercolour Portrait Of A Young Girl With Her Whippet And Parakeet In A Garden Circa.1730. Mezzotint Circle of Robert Dighton

Circle of Robert Dighton

' (in the centre of the lower edge) pen

The sitter was the Great-Great Grandmother to Dame Edith Sitwell and certainly does bear a familial likeness

Old Auctioneers stencil to reverse of frame (Christies)

The present drawing

18th.Century German School Small Watercolour Portrait Of A Young Girl With Her Whippet And Parakeet In A Garden Circa.1730. Mezzotint Circle of Robert DightonCharming Early to mid 18th. Century watercolour portrait of a young girl with her pet whippet and a parakeet in a garden. Watercolour en grisaille with touches of colour. Probably German School Circa. 1730. 12 by 16. 5 cms. Image. 17. 2 by 22. 1 cms overall framed.