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An Unknown Man

Portrait Miniature
1657-1660 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portrait of a man, head and shoulders, to front and looking to left, his hair is long.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleAn Unknown Man (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour on vellum put down on a leaf from a table-book
Brief description
Portrait miniature of an unknown man, watercolour on vellum, English school, a copy after Sir Peter Lely, 1657-1660.
Physical description
Portrait of a man, head and shoulders, to front and looking to left, his hair is long.
Dimensions
  • Height: 70mm
  • Width: 57mm
Dimensions taken from John Murdoch Seventeenth-century English Miniatures in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: The Stationery Office, 1997.
Content description
Portrait, head and shoulders, of a man with long hair looking left.
Styles
Credit line
Bequeathed by George Salting
Object history
Provenance: Apparently 1862-8 (at least) PH Howard; subsequently George Salting, by whom bequeathed to the Museum, 1910.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Murdoch, John. Seventeenth-century English Miniatures in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: The Stationery Office, 1997.
Collection
Accession number
P.116-1910

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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