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Antique Pen & Ink Drawing Fashionable Victorian Lady in Butterfly Dress & Hat

£145.00
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Antique Pen & Ink Drawing Fashionable Victorian Lady in Butterfly Dress & Hat

£145.00

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Bibelotslondon Ltd is a UK registered company based in London Bridge dealing in ephemera and curiosities from Britain and around the world. Our diverse inventory is carefully chosen and constantly evolving. We work very hard to offer the highest quality works at competitive prices. Our inventory is listed online, and we strive to keep our website completely up to date, so our customers can easily check availability. We believe in offering clients items that are unique and rare for aficionados of the antique and collector's world. Bibelot is a late nineteenth century word derived from the French word bel ‘beautiful’, meaning a small item of beauty, curiosity or interest. The word ephemera is derived from the sixteenth century Greek word ephmera meaning a printed or hand written paper not meant to be retained for a long period of time.

Fine antique pen and ink of a fashionable Victorian lady dressed in a butterfly dress with wings and ladybirds and butterfly hat walking with a parasol down a promenade, with her earrings highlighted in gold, signed and dated 1872 'JHH' for Julia Harriet Hudson. Provenance - Amelia Louisa Hudson daughter of John R. Hudson who was Footman to the Prince Consort in 1850s up until the Prince's death in 1861. Amelia and other members of the Hudson family appear to have been minor members of the Royal Household.

Size: 9.5 x 14.5 cm approx


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Royal: Victoria (1837-1901)

To Commemorate: Fashion

Type: Pen & Ink Drawing

Royalty: UK Royalty

Year: 1872

Signed: Yes

Manufacturer: Hudson Family

Theme: Royalty

Features: Antique

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Vintage: Yes

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