Lot 264: FRANÇOIS FERRIERE (GENEVA 1752-1839 MORGES)

FRANÇOIS FERRIERE (GENEVA 1752-1839 MORGES)
Portrait of a boy, half-length, in a blue coat, holding a hoop; and
Portrait of a girl, half-length, in a white dress with a basket of holly,
both within ovals
both signed and dated ‘F. Ferriere/ pt. 1794’ (centre right)
a pair, pastel on parchment
36.6 x 44.8cm (14 7/16 x 17 5/8in). (2)

Provenance
Private Collection, UK, since 1970s, and thence by descent to the
present owner