Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham
Portrait Miniature
18th century (painted)
18th century (painted)
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Portrait, head and shoulders, of a man, turned to right and looking to front; the sitter is wearing a lace neckcloth and Chancellor's robes. Features loosely hatched in sanguine and brown, shadowed with grey, over a thin pale carnation ground; the technique throughout notably transparent and loose, the lights mainly washed out and the dark areas gummed; on vellum put down on pasteboard.
Object details
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| Title | Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour on vellum, put down on pasteboard and held in a gilt-metal locket |
| Brief description | Portrait miniature of Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, in a gilt locket. Watercolour on vellum, style of Samuel Cooper, probably 18th century. |
| Physical description | Portrait, head and shoulders, of a man, turned to right and looking to front; the sitter is wearing a lace neckcloth and Chancellor's robes. Features loosely hatched in sanguine and brown, shadowed with grey, over a thin pale carnation ground; the technique throughout notably transparent and loose, the lights mainly washed out and the dark areas gummed; on vellum put down on pasteboard. |
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| Content description | Portrait, head and shoulders, of a man, turned to right and wearing a lace neckcloth and Chancellor's robes. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | Provenance: E Joseph: his sale, Christie's 11 June 1890, lot 1050 (as by Cooper), bt on behalf of the Museum. |
| Production | This miniature was probably painted in the 18th century by an unknown artist in the style of Samuel Cooper, pseudo ca.1666. It is based on portrait types from the studio of Sir Peter Lely. |
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| 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 | 304-1890 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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