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ELEANOR MABEL ELWES (1881-1950) MIXED MEDIA,

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MINIATURE OF YOUNG GIRL W/WIDE BRIM CHAPEAU FACING LFT W/HAND RESTING ON CHIN., NO SIGNATURE, VERSO READS: FIRST ATTEMPT AT MINI PAINTING, 2 1/2" X 2 1/2" (SIGHT), COND.: CEASES OFF SUBJECT NEAR OUTER EDGES; PLUS MINIATURE W/C ON IVORY OF YOUNG CHILD, SGD. U.L., E. M. ELWES, 1 1/2 X 2 "; 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 DAUGHTER AND WAS A NOTED AMERICAN POET AND AUTHOR.

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