A portrait miniature of a sleeping child, outstretched on a carved and gilded x-frame chair, surrounded by unravelled white shroud and three angels. Signed on the obverse S . Shelley. INVt: et: pINXt, signed and inscribed on the reverse From an Epitaph - verses on a child who/ died suddenly -/ Richard Maclay./ Designed and Painted by/ Sam: Shelley/ No 6/ Great George Street Hanover Sq/ When we behold an opening rose/ In Spring its early bloom disclose,/ Do we not pluck it ere tis brown/ That all its sweets may be our own?/ So angels saw the blooming boy;/ His budding virtues swelled their joy;/ And thus of an excess of love/ They take him to themselves above./ Sent: May: 1799. (the word take in the final line was originally written as snatched), ebonised and gilt-wood frame. Rectangular, 160mm (6 5/16in) high
A portrait miniature of a sleeping child, outstretched on a carved and gilded x-frame chair, surrounded by unravelled white shroud and three angels. Signed on the obverse S . Shelley. INVt: et: pINXt, signed and inscribed on the reverse From an Epitaph - verses on a child who/ died suddenly -/ Richard Maclay./ Designed and Painted by/ Sam: Shelley/ No 6/ Great George Street Hanover Sq/ When we behold an opening rose/ In Spring its early bloom disclose,/ Do we not pluck it ere tis brown/ That all its sweets may be our own?/ So angels saw the blooming boy;/ His budding virtues swelled their joy;/ And thus of an excess of love/ They take him to themselves above./ Sent: May: 1799. (the word take in the final line was originally written as snatched), ebonised and gilt-wood frame. Rectangular, 160mm (6 5/16in) high
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