Featured Portrait Signature Help

This is a very fine portrait which is for sale locally. It is watercolour on pencil and is a large size. I've spent hours trying to decipher the signature but failed so I am turning to the forum. It is most likely English but could be French. The sitter is wearing expensive clothes and jewellery in a style of c1840.

It's a long shot but any thoughts?

Thanks in advance

John

 

She is beautiful.

Another tweak:

 

Thanks for doing this.

 

Martins?

 

It’s a name I tried but found no known artists.

 

Is she only of interest if the artist is known? I agree with others, lovely.

 

Not at all but it does affect what I pay.

 

I read Masins, which is an existing surname.

 

It is a lovely item.

 

You have exquisite taste. I thought Mathis .

 

Mathis was what I saw first and foremost...
Really a beautiful painting.

 

Best I can come up with is a English 19 ct artist J Perkins.Very little info or works,might be a possibility.Think I can see a J then P both in capitals.

 

Thank you very much. I didn’t show the whole painting but it is arched like this one.

 

Wow. Beautiful portrait. Great quality. The face, eyes and other details such as the dress are all captured so well.

 

When I go back and look and insert "Perkins" that Antiquefab suggested, does look like that could be the name. Also some similarities in the work.

 

That is SO BEAUTIFUL!!!! HER EYES ARE PIERCING!!!! But now aside from that, I took @Any Jewelry's stab at the signature, and did what I do, but tried to trace in white, most of the white lines (which they turned when I inverted the signature) I saw.....most of what I thought were 'swirls' I did NOT trace....I know, I could be way off, but it looked to me like the signature might start with (in script)... J Prathis...and added swirls around the siggy. Best I could come up with! THAT is ONE tough signature, that maybe none of have gotten yet!!!
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And after I finished I thought more about it and thought ...... I just did a simple "today" style plain printing.....something they wouldn't have done in the 1850's....I don't think.....even though all I did was copy what I saw.....

 

the ' eyes ' , have it !!!!!

 

I think that is right. Thanks very much.

amazing work. Thank you so much.

 

Definitely appears to be from the same artist. thanks!