Antique miniature portraits of the Tormey-Holder Collection

 

 


English Artist: Charles Hayter

 

 

Portrait miniature by Charles Hayter of a Georgian era teenage girl with long, light brown hair

Georgian Era Teenage Girl
with Long, Light Brown Hair

English
circa 1790
by Charles Hayter (ca. 1761-1835)

2 1/8 x 2 5/8 inches

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt copper case

 

 

A view of the portrait outside its case, allowing its colors and
brush strokes to be seen more clearly without the distortion or
reflection that is often caused by the glass lens of a miniature's case
(Click + symbol above for an enlarged view)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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