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

Mrs Robert Sherson

Portrait Miniature
1803 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portrait miniature of Mrs Robert Sherson, dated 1803. The sitter is depicted three-quarter length in a cream dress, seated on a rock with autumnal leaves to her right, against a blue yet cloudy sky.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMrs Robert Sherson (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour on ivory
Brief description
Portrait miniature of Mrs Robert Sherson, dated 1803, watercolour on ivory, painted by George Chinnery (1774-1852).
Physical description
Portrait miniature of Mrs Robert Sherson, dated 1803. The sitter is depicted three-quarter length in a cream dress, seated on a rock with autumnal leaves to her right, against a blue yet cloudy sky.
Dimensions
  • Height: 155mm
  • Width: 122mm
Dimensions taken from Summary Catalogue of Miniatures in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Emmett Microform, 1981.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Summary Catalogue of Miniatures in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Emmett Microform, 1981.
Collection
Accession number
P.27-1922

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Record createdJuly 14, 2003
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