Study for a portrait miniature
Drawing
ca. 1780-1835 (drawn)
ca. 1780-1835 (drawn)
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Drawing depicting a study for a portrait miniature, pasted into a volume containing 443 studies, mainly named.
Object details
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| Title | Study for a portrait miniature (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil, pen, chalk, and watercolour studies |
| Brief description | Drawing in a volume of 443 miniature studies by Charles Hayter, mainly named. Great Britain, ca. late 18th, early 19th century. |
| Physical description | Drawing depicting a study for a portrait miniature, pasted into a volume containing 443 studies, mainly named. |
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| Bibliographic reference | On the inside of the cover is a note in the artist's handwriting:
"Let it not be supposed that the following sketches were preserved thro' any view to perpetuate the character of the person who did them, as they are merely a sort of measure taken of the picture intended, and placed behind the ivory, which being transparent, gave the artist the aid in making his outline on the ivory which he desired- and as many pictures require copies, this same sketch (by preserving) answers the original intention. He is so fully conscious of the necessity of this remark that he has wrote the names on most on account of the entire want of Minute resemblance and drawing".
Mr Angelo G. K. Hayter, great-grandson of the painter, states that all the titles under the portraits and the note on the beginning are in the autograph of Charles Hayter. Some notes on the artist's sitters have been kindly supplied by Mr A. G. K. Hayter, and are inserted at the end of the volume. |
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| Accession number | E.2959-1920 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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