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Self-portrait of C. Dixon
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Self-portrait of C. Dixon
- Object:
Portrait miniature
- Place of origin:
Great Britain, UK (probably, painted)
- Date:
1748 (painted)
- Artist/Maker:
C. Dixon (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
Watercolour on ivory
- Credit Line:
Given by A. J. B. Kiddell
- Museum number:
P.56-1955
- Gallery location:
In Storage
This miniature is signed and dated ‘C. D. / Se ipse / p / 1748’. The inscription reveals that it is a self-portrait. A miniature on ivory of Benjamin Franklin, now in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, is similarly signed. An entry in Franklin's accounts reveals that the painter of the miniature, ‘C. D.’, was C. Dixon. We do not know what his first name was. The V&A also holds an enamel portrait of Dixon (P.57-1955).
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