ANDREW YOUNG MINIATURES

Pete Cashman, an antiques dealer in Bath, e-mailed me in December about a pair of Edwardian miniatures which had found their way to his part of the world and which he had bought recently. It was only when he dismantled them for cleaning that he discovered that they were by Burntisland's best known artist, Andrew Young. Young has signed both on the back, and added brief details. The left hand picture is "Portrait drawn on ivory of Duncan Ferguson, Esq., Provost of Burntisland (1905) by Andrew Young." The right hand one is "Jan. 1925. Painted by Andrew Young, Artist." Young died in 1925, so this would have been one of his last works.

Pete commented: "Both are identical in size which is 73mm high by 60mm wide excluding the frames. They are very well painted (in watercolour on ivory) by a known artist.   Incidentally Andrew Young is catalogued and mentioned in Daphne Foskett's book, Miniatures (Dictionary & Guide), which is the bible for collectors. We will be asking £180 for Mr. Ferguson and £150 for the other gentleman or £300 the pair. These well executed Edwardian miniatures are quite sought after these days." Pete can be contacted at www.cashman-antiques.co.uk or at 11 Percy Place, London Road, Bath.

I'll be adding colour copies of the miniatures to the Andrew Young page of Burntisland Online at www.burntisland.net. For historical reasons, it would be interesting to know who the gentleman in the right hand picture is. If anyone recognises him, perhaps they would be kind enough to give me a call.

Iain Sommerville (tel. 874933)

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