A Mid 19thC Naïve Scottish School Portrait Miniature on Card; Martha Howard 1848 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope which housed Victorian botanical enthusiasts

which housed Victorian botanical enthusiasts and this piece would have been at home in such a room

now having ring brass and white metal plated pad feet

Unusual in terms of decoration

is depicted in his prime as it were

As per the photographs there are some small areas of flaked loss

A Mid 19thC Naïve Scottish School Portrait Miniature on Card; Martha Howard 1848 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope which housed Victorian botanical enthusiastsOrigin: Scottish Period: Early Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1848 Width: 6 Height: 7. 5 Depth: 1 The rather unusual mid nineteenth century nave Scottish portrait miniature crafted in watercolours and pen and ink on card; showing a lady in profile inscribed beneath in contemporary hand "Martha Howard Taken Dec 1848", the sitter shown in crisp profile, her hair arranged in side ringlets and a back knot, and wearing a vividly rendered red tartan