An unknown girl

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Artist/Maker	Smart, John (artist)
Place of origin	Britain (painted)

Portrait miniuature of an unknown girl.

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Categories	Paintings Portraits
Object type	Portrait miniature
Title	An unknown girl (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painting on ivory Ivory Painting
Brief description	Portrait of miniature by John Smart of an unknown girl, British, 1760.
Physical description	Portrait miniuature of an unknown girl.
Dimensions	Height: 3.2cm Width: 2.7cm Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1955-1956 London: HMSO 1963
Style	British School
Marks and inscriptions	'Jno Smart 1760' (Signed and dated)
Credit line	Purchased from the funds of the R. H. Stephenson Bequest
Subject depicted	Girl
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1955-1956 . London : HMSO, 1963.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	P.4-1956

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1070182/an-unknown-girl-portrait-miniature-smart-john/

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