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Girl With Kitten By Elizabeth C Harbutt, c. 1891 |
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| Catalog#: |
0404 |
| Artist: |
Elizabeth Cambridge Harbutt |
| Category: |
Miniatures |
| SubType: |
Folk Art, Folk Paintings |
| Origin: |
England-UK |
| Era: |
19th Century |
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| Portrait of a little girl with a kitten by Elizabeth Cambridge Harbutt (f. 1883-1895). The watercolor on ivory portrait depicts the girl seated on a stool in a garden, holding her knitting and watching a kitten playing with a ball of red wool. She is wearing a white smock, apricot colored dress, gray tights, and matching shoes. Signed to the obverse, “BC Harbutt/1891”. Wood frame. Rectangular, 12 cms. X 5 1/2 cms. (4 3/4 inches 2 1/2 inches) With frame, 19 cms. X 13 cms. (7 3/4 inches X 5 1/2 inches). Excellent conditon. Provanance: by descent trhough the artists family. Elizabeth Harbutt (fl. 1883 – 1895). Elizabeth Harbutt of Bath (also known as Mrs. B. Cambridge) exhibited at the Royal Academy, and other institutions between 1883 – 1895. Her miniatures included portrats of Noel Cambridge Harbutt, Owen Cambridge Harbut, and Isaac Pitman, Esq, the inventor of photography. She exhibited from paragon Art Studions, 15 Bladud Buildings, Bath
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