MRS JAMES GREEN, NEE MARY BYRNE (BRITISH, 1776-1845)

MRS JAMES GREEN, NEE MARY BYRNE (BRITISH, 1776-1845) A pair of portraits: The Rev. Dr Nevil Maskelyne (1732-1811), in black scholar's robes, red curtain background; together with his wife, Sophia Rose, in burnt orange dress with white Swiss muslin fichu and headscarf, wearing pearls and a portrait miniature of her husband around her neck both signed 'M Byrne' (lower right) ovals, 2 1/8 in. (77 mm.) and 2¾ in. (70 mm.) high, respectively, gilt-metal frames, the former with translucent blue glass on foil ground, the latter with gold intials on plaited hair; each in fitted red leather case with silk lining (4)