English Artist: Ida Frances Laidman

Self Portrait in Miniature: Ida Frances Laidman

English
circa 1914
by Ida Frances Laidman, A.R.M.S. (1878-1962)
(signed obverse, left edge, "I. F. Laidman")

A handwritten note by the artist to the reverse of the portrait reads,
"Early Self Portrait, Ida F. Laidman, The Studio, 6a Kensington Court Mews".

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt metal pendant frame

Other portraits in the Tormey-Holder Collection by Ida Frances Laidman
(click photo for larger view and additional information):

Joan Marguerite Hacking (1913-1993; later
Mrs. Philip Edward Perceval) of Kensington, London,
Painted at about the Age of 10

Alan Egbert Hacking (1918-1942) of Kensington, London,
Painted at about the Age of 5

Post World War I Era Canadian Military Doctor