$500
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
P.G. Wodehouse Collection of William Toplis
Auction: May 7, 2020 11:00:00 AM EDT
1825. Watercolor on paper. Signed and dated at top left. 8 1/2 x 8 in. (21.5 x 20cm). In ornate gilt frame.
Miniature portrait of Anne Wodehouse (Gurdon) (ca. 1801-1880), the year of her marriage to Henry Wodehouse (son of John Wodehouse, 2nd Baron Wodehouse of Kimberley and Charlotte Laura Norris).
Henry Collen (1798-1879) was an English miniature portrait painter to Queen Victoria. Later in life he turned to the new medium of photography, and became the first professional calotypist in London.