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On display at V&A South Kensington
Portrait Miniatures, Room 90a, The International Music and Art Foundation Gallery

Lady in a green dress

Portrait Miniature
c.1770s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oval quarter length portrait miniature in a locket depicting a lady in a green dress, presented in profile.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLady in a green dress (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Portrait miniature on ivory
Brief description
Portrait miniature of a lady in a green dress by Jeremiah Meyer (1735-1789). Great Britain, c.1770s
Physical description
Oval quarter length portrait miniature in a locket depicting a lady in a green dress, presented in profile.
Dimensions
  • Height: 2.625in
  • Width: 2.125in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1951, London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1962.
Credit line
Given by Mrs. Offley Shore, in memory of her husband, Brigadier-General Offley Shore, C.B., C.I.E., D.S.O.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1951, London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1962.
Collection
Accession number
P.12-1951

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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