Featured New Year, New Miniature Painting. Possibly some History to Discover?

I'm laughing... I think the Earl of Saltash and his daughter Emma Vickery may be fictional.

https://showthecolours.fandom.com/wiki/Viscountcy_of_Saltash

Debora

 

One thing to try to keep in mind (and it's tough), but impossibly enough-the excellent to really sublime historical miniaturists were able to render tiny pieces of art equal to the incredible quality of their full-sized work.
Beware of any kind of slap-dash 'blobby' lace,medals,earrings,etc.

 

-or Lord Saltburn.

 

Think it is S. Guerou, or that's what I think I see, & when I searched there were others who thought so too. We may all be wrong.

This one has already made it into search results.

 

That's a game-playing website with imaginary period characters. The person(s) who made the website just grabbed random photos off the internet to use to illustrate the imaginary characters, and made up some names.

I think the artist is S. Guérou, the S being written in an old-fashioned way.
A box with an S. Guérou painting:
https://www.proantic.com/en/1648052...signed-s-guerou-or-gueron-romantic-scene.html
(French auctioneer states 20th century.)
I agree with the penciled writing on the back being "f. au bolero" for femme au bolero... woman in a short jacket, LOL.

 

....o hilarious right

can ya tell what is painted on Rach ?

wouldn't mind seeing what it looks like under uv (back of painting)

 

This looks like some type of faux ivory to me, a Celluloid sort of material.

 

......welllll they don't look uniform ta me cowgirl ?

 

The grain is not like ivory either. It looks like wood more than anything, except the color & translucency are more in keeping with an artificial material. There were a number of competitors in the faux ivoire marketplace. A genuine original miniature watercolor portrait might well have been done on actual ivory.

 

Maybe done with one of those faux woodgrain stamps you find in DIY stores?

 

oh its wood.........

 

this is a wind up right ?

 

cause its not funny either

 

i can only feel sorry for Rachel to be honest.........

 

She has had a few amazing finds though, and she can get a refund for this one and buy something else.

 

The only way you'd get your money back by selling it is misrepresenting it to someone else. I'd say it's iffy enough to get a refund. It's a tricky genre.