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Portrait miniature of Mrs Ruskin (or Ruspin?)

Portrait Miniature
ca. 1770-1808 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Circular portrait miniature of Mrs Ruskin (or Ruspin?) with her child.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePortrait miniature of Mrs Ruskin (or Ruspin?) (generic title)
Materials and techniques
watercolour on card
Brief description
Portrait miniature of Mrs Ruskin (or Ruspin?) by Samuel Shelley. Great Britain, ca. 1770-1808
Physical description
Circular portrait miniature of Mrs Ruskin (or Ruspin?) with her child.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 2.3125in (Note: sight measure)
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Marks and inscriptions
original design for Mrs Ruspin / S Shelley delin (written on a folded strip of paper stuck to the glass)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Grace Valentine Stephenson as part of the R. H. Stephenson Bequest
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Collection
Accession number
P.48-1929

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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