Miniature-Painter's Box thumbnail 1
Miniature-Painter's Box thumbnail 2
Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Portrait Miniatures, Room 90a, The International Music and Art Foundation Gallery

This object consists of 2 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Miniature-Painter's Box

1742-1810 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Miniature Painter's box, mahogany, with a hinged frame for a glass diffuser, slope and drawers to hold colours, palette and other materials.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Box
  • Seals
Materials and techniques
Mahogany and glass
Brief description
Miniature Painter's box, mahogany, with a hinged frame for a glass diffuser, slope and drawers to hold colours, palette and other materials. Believed to have belonged to the miniaturist Richard Cross (1742-1810).
Physical description
Miniature Painter's box, mahogany, with a hinged frame for a glass diffuser, slope and drawers to hold colours, palette and other materials.
Dimensions
  • Box when closed height: 5.6875in
  • Box when closed width: 13.125in
  • Box when closed depth: 13.125in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1925, London: Board of Education, 1926.
Credit line
Given by Mrs Brodrick, in fulfilment of the wishes of her husband, Mr William Bentinck Balleine Brodrick of Pen-y-Craig, Jersey
Production
Believed to have belonged to the miniaturist Richard Crosse (1742-1810).
Association
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1925, London: Board of Education, 1926.
Collection
Accession number
P.10-1925

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Record createdJuly 15, 2003
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