English: Artist Unknown

Early Nineteenth Century, Red-Haired Girl Seated
in a Chair and Holding a Black Kitten in Her Lap

Believed to be of English origins*
circa 1840
Artist unknown

2 1/4 x 3 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a
later (circa 1910) gilt metal pendant frame

*There are aspects of this folk art miniature portrait that seem American in style, but it is housed in a frame that is, without question, of English origins (albeit a replacement frame dating to circa 1910).