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Lot 211 · Important Portrait Miniatures and Objects of Vertu

A young lady almost profile to the right, in dark moss-green dress with white sleeves and fichu, long curling hair

Samuel Shelley

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Estimate
£1,000–£1,500 hammer ≈ $1,948–$2,923
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Important Portrait Miniatures and Objects of Vertu , London · 7 December 2004
Record ID
TB-2026-5859362
Record
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Samuel Shelley, A young lady almost profile to the right, in dark moss-green dress with white sleeves and fichu, long curling hair. Christie's, 7 Dec 2004, lot 211. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5859362.

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Samuel Shelley, A young lady almost profile to the right, in dark moss-green dress with white sleeves and fichu, long curling hair. Christie's, 7 Dec 2004, lot 211. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5859362.

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From the same sale Important Portrait Miniatures and Objects of Vertu · Dec 2004

LotArtistEstimateResult
Mrs Arabella Walker-Heneage, née Cope (d. c. 1818), in cream dress wi… Luke O'sullivan £1,000–£1,500
An officer, in red coat, blue collar with gold stripes, gold epaulett… John Wright £1,500–£2,500
A young gentleman, in blue coat with gold buttons, white waistcoat an… Thomas Hazlehurst £400–£600
Louise, Grand Duchess of Baden (1838-1923), in white silk dress with … J. £3,000–£4,000
A lady in white bordered black dress, grey silk stole draped over her… John Hoskins £12,000–£15,000
Rome, Circa 1800/1810 AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE £7,000–£9,000

Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band

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Samuel Shelley Samuel Shelley (British, 1750/56-1808) $7,928 Christie's, May 2007
Samuel Shelley Youth and Beauty commiserating Valour, or the story of Belis Bonhams, Jan 2026
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Samuel Shelley portraits of thomas ludbey (1735-1819) and his wife, jane lu Sotheby's, Apr 2008
Samuel Shelley Samuel Shelley (British, 1750/56 -1808) Christie's, May 2019
English School 19th Century Portrait of a lady in an orange dress Bonhams, Apr 2023
Samuel Shelley A child, full-length, holding her seated dog by a blue ribbo Christie's, Dec 2004
Samuel Shelley Untitled Sotheby's, Mar 2005

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