Antique French Portrait Miniature dated c1792, A Beared Priest in Blue Robe scent 1839 portrait miniature is offered

1839 portrait miniature is offered

the 17th September

and all the more so when we can locate one in such beautiful condition

a tight hairline visible at one of the mother of pearl finger rings

looks as if it was tucked away for a century and a half

Antique French Portrait Miniature dated c1792, A Beared Priest in Blue Robe scent 1839 portrait miniature is offered"Donnez par An Fayett A le juin 1792" ("Given by An Fayett A on June 1792") Fayetteville on June, 1792). I feel certain there's another reading of that handwriting on back of this portrait. I think he is a monk or friar, which doesn't really adapt to an, which is a donkey. I must have it wrong. : ). The 228 year old painting, however, is both interesting and very well accomplished, and likely that of a monk or religious man, priest or friar. Only very