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2-MINIATURES BY ELEANOR MABEL ELWES (1881-1950)

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W/C OF DOG"MR. BROWN, SGD. W/INITIALS & D. 1900, DIA. 3 ½'; W/C OF BABY IN CHAIR SGD. W/INITIAL, 2 ¼ X 2 ¾" & PROV.: ESTATE OF MAY SARTON, DAUGHTER OF THE ARTIST; ELEANOR M. ELWES WAS BORN IN LONDON, EXHIBITED: ROYAL ACADEMY & ROYAL MINIATURE SOCIETY. ALSO, SUCCESSFUL DESIGNER IN ZURICH & BELGIUM. WIFE OF HARVARD PROFESSOR GEORGE SARTON WHO WROTE THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE. MAY SARTON (1912-1995) WAS THEIR DAUGTER AND WAS A NOTED POET AND AUTHOR.

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