An Unknown Man, presumably a member of the Barbor Family
Portrait Miniature
ca. 1590 (painted)
ca. 1590 (painted)
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Portrait miniature of a man, head and shoulders, left profile, in a circular box of turned ivory. Printed on the reverse of the support card are two diamonds.
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Title | An Unknown Man, presumably a member of the Barbor Family (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Watercolour on vellum stuck onto a playing card |
Brief description | Portrait miniature of an unknown man, presumably a member of the Barbor Family, watercolour on vellum in an ivory box, painted by Nicholas Hilliard, ca. 1590. [This miniature was attributed to Isaac Oliver by Roy Strong in the exhibition catalogue 'Artists of the Tudor Court', 1983, no.143] |
Physical description | Portrait miniature of a man, head and shoulders, left profile, in a circular box of turned ivory. Printed on the reverse of the support card are two diamonds. |
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Content description | Portrait of a man, head and shoulders, left profile and wearing a lace ruff. |
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Credit line | Presented by Miss M. Blencowe |
Object history | COLLECTIONS: In possession of the Blencowe family who inherited it by the marriage of the last Elizabeth Barbor to Henry Prescott Blencowe of Thorby Priory, Essex sometime after 1757; presented by Miss M. Blencowe, 1894. |
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Bibliographic reference | Strong, Roy. Artists of the Tudor Court: the Portrait Miniature Rediscovered 1520-1620.. London: The Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983.
Part citation: "Traditionally this miniature is of William Barbor, a grocer of Protestant persuasion who was saved from the stake by the accession of Queen Elizabeth in 1558. In remembrance of his delivery he is said to have had the Barbor Jewel made (V&A 859- 1894)." |
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Accession number | 887:1-1894 |
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Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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