Important ca 1902 Andree Lenique (Clemence Andree Lenique de Francheville, French/ American 1875-1944) miniature portrait, originally exhibited at the Third Annual Exhibition of the American Society of Miniature Painters in New York City in 1902. The NY Times described her entry as "A highly wrought, seated profile portrait by a French miniaturist Mlle Andree Lenique deserves attention for the exactness with which the red stained hair, the book on the arm of the modern high-backed fauteuil, and the long chain of coral beads are rendered", oil on celluloid panel, with original copper jacketed frame with punched design, painting has two cracks outside of the main image, see https://www.nytimes.com/1902/02/02/archives/painters-of-miniatures-third-annual-of-the-american-society-at-the.html and also http://american-miniatures.blogspot.com/2006/04/lenique-andree-portrait-of-lady.html

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