Portrait of Lady Caroline Lamb
Portrait Miniature
1815-1820 (painted)
1815-1820 (painted)
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Emma Kendrick (1788-1871) was a successful miniature painter in Britain in the early nineteenth century. She frequently exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Society of Artists from 1811 onwards. By 1830, she was appointed miniature painter to Princess Elizabeth of Hesse-Homburg and the following year miniature painter to King William IV. Kendrick published her own treatise of miniature painting titled ‘Conversations on the Art of Miniature Painting’. In a series of conversations between ‘Ellen’ and her tutor ‘Miss K.’, Kendrick illuminates the art of miniature painting for female practitioners who could work from the comfort of their own home. She encourages Ellen not only to mix her own colours for her pictures and educate herself in geometry and arts but also to visit collections of art to ‘cultivate taste’. Though Ellen is fictional, the book was dedicated to ‘Misses Forrester’, possibly one of her pupils.
Object details
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| Title | Portrait of Lady Caroline Lamb (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour on ivory |
| Brief description | Portrait miniature, Portrait of Lady Caroline Lamb, by Emma Kendrick, watercolour on ivory, ca. 1815-1820. |
| Physical description | Portrait miniature of Lady Caroline Lamb, watercolour on ivory, depicted three-quarter length in a classical setting before a pillar and a window. She is wearing a white dress with gold decoration and a long green shawl or fichu, from which are hanging enormous teardrop pearls. She is also holding a manuscript. |
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| Credit line | Given by D. Guerault |
| Historical context | Portrait miniatures were frequently exchanged between loved ones and family as tokens of affection and remembrance. In the nineteenth century, they became larger and were more commonly displayed as portraits on the wall too. |
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| Summary | Emma Kendrick (1788-1871) was a successful miniature painter in Britain in the early nineteenth century. She frequently exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Society of Artists from 1811 onwards. By 1830, she was appointed miniature painter to Princess Elizabeth of Hesse-Homburg and the following year miniature painter to King William IV. Kendrick published her own treatise of miniature painting titled ‘Conversations on the Art of Miniature Painting’. In a series of conversations between ‘Ellen’ and her tutor ‘Miss K.’, Kendrick illuminates the art of miniature painting for female practitioners who could work from the comfort of their own home. She encourages Ellen not only to mix her own colours for her pictures and educate herself in geometry and arts but also to visit collections of art to ‘cultivate taste’. Though Ellen is fictional, the book was dedicated to ‘Misses Forrester’, possibly one of her pupils. |
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| Accession number | P.96-1922 |
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| Record created | July 15, 2003 |
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