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Portrait miniature of Richard Newcourt

Portrait Miniature
ca. 1700-1740 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portrait miniature of Richard Newcourt.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePortrait miniature of Richard Newcourt (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Plumbago or indian ink on vellum
Brief description
Plumbago or indian ink on vellum portrait miniature of Richard Newcourt by Bernard Lens (1682-1740). Great Britain, ca. early 18th century.
Physical description
Portrait miniature of Richard Newcourt.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.9375in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1925, London: Board of Education, 1926.
Marks and inscriptions
  • B Lens senr delin. ad vivum (in ink in an old hand, inscribed in front on the rectangular paper to which the oval portrait is stuck)
  • Richd Newcourt. Author of the Repertorium. (in Horace Walpole's hand)
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1925, London: Board of Education, 1926.
Collection
Accession number
P.15-1925

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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