SAMUEL JOHN STUMP (BRITISH 1778-1863)
Portrait miniature of the actress Miss Brunton, later Mrs Yates circa 1825, wearing décolleté white dress with frilled edge around neckline and sleeves and pink bows on the puffed sleeves, a pink shawl around her shoulders, pearl drop earring and pearls entwined in her upswept curled auburn hair
signed, Stump pnxt, on the obverse
watercolour on ivory
original rectangular pierced carved gilt wood frame and gilt mount
oval, 90 mm (3 1/2 in) high

Elizabeth Yates (née Brunton) (1799–1860) was an English actress. She appeared on the stage under the names Miss Brunton, Elizabeth Brunton, Elizabeth Yates, Mrs. Yates, and Mrs. Yates late Miss Brunton.