Antique French Portrait Miniature of a Balding Gentleman with Dog Ears, Yellow Vest, c.1851 inkwells The rich red interior has

The rich red interior has no holes or damage apart from a couple of abrasions from use

Petit and pristine

Silk embroidery Gesso applique on wood frame

with the actual miniature engraving prints of architectural icons of London in very nice visual form

which sometimes is the case

Antique French Portrait Miniature of a Balding Gentleman with Dog Ears, Yellow Vest, c.1851 inkwells The rich red interior hasIntense blue eyes so beautifully captured in the rather tense 7 8" tall face, beneath the bushy graying eyebrows, "Francois Dominique Jean Arag 1851" written by hand on the back of this beautiful little painting, which is not in its original frame. It's a round painting settled into oval format wood frame due to a chip on the wafer, but frame is the correct era. You can see it from the detail of the backside beneath the cloth cover. Also visible there