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Judy & Brian Harden Ltd
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PHILIP JEAN
Anne Noel wife of Philip Jean.
( England
1781
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Medium
Watercolour on ivory.
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Signed/Inscribed/Dated
Signed and dated on the obverse.
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Dimensions
3.00inch high
( 7.62 cm high)
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Literature:
D. Foskett A dictionery of British Miniature Painters, london 1972.
Plate 186. no 473.
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Condition:
Fine.
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Description / Expertise
Anne was the daughter of a large and prominent Jersey family. She married Philip Jean, the artist of this fine portrait.The miniature shows her aged 17, sitting on the harbour wall in St. Helier, holding a miniature of her husband. Their son, Roger, was also a miniaturist.
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