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miniature painting (watercolour): "The Paisley Shawl" [Diana Wynn Sherwin?]

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Miniature portrait of a young woman, with a thin copper edge to the rectangular frame. Shows a young lady sitting in a wooden chair, in front of a wooden door. Her brown hair is pulled back and there are wound plaits on either side of her head. A paisley shawl is wrapped around the sitter's shoulders. Signed "Muriel Smith" in red at the bottom right corner of the painting. Label on the back of the frame "6. // 'The Paisley Shawl' // £12-12-0 // Muriel C. Smith // 9 Mount Hooton // Nottingham." Barabara Warrell,( family friend of the Smith family and owner of a miniature of herself as a baby by Smith) visited 5 Feb 2010. She thinks the painting shows Diana Wynn Sherwin, Muriel Smith's niece.
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Title: miniature painting (watercolour): "The Paisley Shawl" [Diana Wynn Sherwin?]
Description:
Miniature portrait of a young woman, with a thin copper edge to the rectangular frame.
Shows a young lady sitting in a wooden chair, in front of a wooden door.
Her brown hair is pulled back and there are wound plaits on either side of her head.
A paisley shawl is wrapped around the sitter's shoulders.
Signed "Muriel Smith" in red at the bottom right corner of the painting.
Label on the back of the frame "6.
// 'The Paisley Shawl' // £12-12-0 // Muriel C.
Smith // 9 Mount Hooton // Nottingham.
" Barabara Warrell,( family friend of the Smith family and owner of a miniature of herself as a baby by Smith) visited 5 Feb 2010.
She thinks the painting shows Diana Wynn Sherwin, Muriel Smith's niece.

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