Silhouette portrait miniature pendant of a young lady with finely curled hair signed Miers and Field c.1800.
Bronze highlights.
Original gold tubular frame.
3cms by 2.5cms.
John Field (1771-1841)began his career as an assistant to John Miers (1756-1821)the most successful profilist of the eighteenth century. By 1794 he was responsible for most of the profiles painted at Miers' London studio.