J WESTON & SON: TWO LATE VICTORIAN FRAMED PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS ON PORCELAIN (2)
Late 19th Century
Each photographic portrait enhanced with paint, on a porcelain panel, within a giltwood surround, the larger depicting a sailor boy on rigging, the outer frame 45cm high, the second a side profile portrait of a gentleman, the outer frame 41cm high, both with labels verso reading 'Painted on porcelain, J. Weston & Son, 20a Sandgate Road Folkestone'
Bidding ended. Lot is unsold.
Jasper Weston (born c. 1810) of Kent established a photographic and portrait miniature business and was later joined by his son, Frederick Jasper Weston in 1874. Their name is recorded in the National Portrait Gallery archive as being predominately active between 1894 to 1910.
