Italy, Kingdom. A Miniature Portrait Of An Officer, By Ida Calzolari Newly Listed CECCHINI" on the reverse

CECCHINI" on the reverse

marked with the worker's number "51" between the lion's rear foot and tail on the obverse

The photograph measures 176 mm x 124 mm

addressed at the lower left "Major W

cracking evident in the black fabric backer

Italy, Kingdom. A Miniature Portrait Of An Officer, By Ida Calzolari Newly Listed CECCHINI" on the reverseA finely detailed, well preserved miniature watercolour portrait depicting a 19th century Italian Officer wearing an indeterminate order and breast star. The subject is in full uniform with epaulettes and a bicorn style hat with a multi coloured fringe clutched under his arm. It is set within a gilded brass border with an intact glass face, in turn situated within a wooden frame with an olive drab velvet liner surrounding the image and with a gold