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On display at V&A South Kensington
Portrait Miniatures, Room 90a, The International Music and Art Foundation Gallery

Portrait of an unknown man

Portrait Miniature
1757 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oval portrait miniature of an unknown man, set into a gold locket with chain


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePortrait of an unknown man (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour on ivory
Brief description
Portrait miniature of an unknown man, dated 1757, watercolour on ivory, painted by Samuel Cotes (1734-1818).
Physical description
Oval portrait miniature of an unknown man, set into a gold locket with chain
Dimensions
  • Height: 33mm
  • Width: 27mm
Dimensions taken from Summary Catalogue of Miniatures in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Emmett Microform, 1981.
Style
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Grace Valentine Stephenson as part of the R. H. Stephenson Bequest
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Summary Catalogue of Miniatures in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Emmett Microform, 1981
Collection
Accession number
P.8-1929

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Record createdJuly 9, 2003
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