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Portrait of Pierre Noel Violet

Watercolour
1810 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portrait of Pierre Noel Violet. Pencil and watercolour painting by Maria Violet. Inscribed 'Pierre Noel Violet Peintre en Miniature à S. M. Louis XVI. Emigrated during the French Revolution. Died in London 1819' and on the back 'From nature by his daughter Maria Violet since Mrs. Brook Pulham London 1810'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePortrait of Pierre Noel Violet (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil and watercolour
Brief description
Watercolour, Portrait of Pierre Noel Violet, by Maria Violet, 1810.
Physical description
Portrait of Pierre Noel Violet. Pencil and watercolour painting by Maria Violet. Inscribed 'Pierre Noel Violet Peintre en Miniature à S. M. Louis XVI. Emigrated during the French Revolution. Died in London 1819' and on the back 'From nature by his daughter Maria Violet since Mrs. Brook Pulham London 1810'.
Dimensions
  • Length: 24.7cm
  • Height: 17.8cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1966 London: HMSO 1967
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Pierre Noel Violet Peintre en Miniature à S. M. Louis XVI. Emigrated during the French Revolution. Died in London 1819' (Inscribed)
  • 'From nature by his daughter Maria Violet since Mrs. Brook Pulham London 1810' (Inscribed on the back)
Credit line
Purchased with the aid of a contribution from the R. H. Stephenson Bequest Fund
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1966 London: HMSO, 1967
Collection
Accession number
P.1-1966

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
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