James Stuart, 4th Duke of Lennox and 1st Duke of Richmond
Portrait Miniature
ca.1635 (painted)
ca.1635 (painted)
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Portrait, bust, to left and looking to front; wearing a high collar and hair long. Features hatched in brown with some black in the eyes, on a thick, pale carnation ground extending under the hair; collar in white over a pale grey wash; costume in gouache washed and hatched, and heightened with white and gold; a gold marginal strip; on vellum put down on a leaf from a table-book.
Frame: A gold dress-pin, the glass held in a bezel; altered and filed down.
Frame: A gold dress-pin, the glass held in a bezel; altered and filed down.
Object details
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| Title | James Stuart, 4th Duke of Lennox and 1st Duke of Richmond (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour on vellum put down on a leaf from a table-book. |
| Brief description | Portrait miniature of James Stuart, 4th Duke of Lennox and 1st Duke of Richmond, watercolour on vellum, painted by John Hoskins, ca.1635. |
| Physical description | Portrait, bust, to left and looking to front; wearing a high collar and hair long. Features hatched in brown with some black in the eyes, on a thick, pale carnation ground extending under the hair; collar in white over a pale grey wash; costume in gouache washed and hatched, and heightened with white and gold; a gold marginal strip; on vellum put down on a leaf from a table-book. Frame: A gold dress-pin, the glass held in a bezel; altered and filed down. |
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| Credit line | Transferred from the British Museum |
| Object history | Provenance: British Museum, on loan to the V&A from 1934 and formally transferred, 1941. |
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| Accession number | P.24-1942 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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