{"product_id":"lost-at-sea","title":"Lost at Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003eEnigmatic portrait miniature,painted en grisaille. At first I thought it was a typical grisaille watercolour but the portrait is hand coloured on a raised relief and then drawn a technique I have never encountered before.\u003cbr\u003eThe portrait poignantly depicts Nicholas Lechmere born 1750.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was born in Fownhope,Herefordshire,the son of Scudamore Letchmere (1711-1761)and Jane Letchmere(1716-1773).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNicholas Lechmere grew up in Fownhope Court,a fine gabled Jacobean Manor House six miles from Hereford. Though I can find no memorial to him(apart from the locket)there are beautiful marble monuments in St.Mary’s Church,Fownhope to his grandfather,his younger brother and his nephew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe inscription reads Lost at Sea.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sian Harlowe Antique Jewellery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63893303132509,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1028\/1205\/7949\/files\/1a1877_2d89a9c78f5143cab4307f850f0c0620_mv2.avif?v=1773768302","url":"https:\/\/sianharloweantiques.co.uk\/products\/lost-at-sea","provider":"Sian Harlowe  Antique Jewellery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}