Antique Georgian to Victorian Large Hair Art Mourning Pendant, Locket, Seed Pearls print She wears the same outfit

She wears the same outfit and holds a book in this painting as she wore for M

It would be lovely now as a documents

I have not seen this done before this one - unsure if it's from France (where we bought it) or from Italy

portrait miniatures or sculptures perhaps

Antique Georgian to Victorian Large Hair Art Mourning Pendant, Locket, Seed Pearls print She wears the same outfitThis is more an English style c. 1810 1830s mourning icon, nearly pristine but for the dislodging of some of the very tiny seed pearls which once spelled out the monogram of the loved one mourned within. Some remain, and they are super tiny, from . 5mm to 1mm. Worked on a superb plaiting of chestnut hair, not a gray among them so it was a young person, well under 30. The oyster shaped form is typical of this type, as is the blue glass heavy mat on the