Portrait Miniature
c.1795 (made)
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Grisaille portrait miniature of a young woman in profile, wearing a turban.
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Materials and techniques | grisaille painting on ivory |
Brief description | Henri de Janvry. Grisaille portrait miniature of a lady identified, dubiously, as Lady Urith Offley Shore. British, c.1795. |
Physical description | Grisaille portrait miniature of a young woman in profile, wearing a turban. |
Credit line | Given by Mrs. Offley Shore, in memory of her husband, Brigadier-General Offley Shore, C.B., C.I.E., D.S.O. |
Object history | On the back of the frame is the following engraved inscription: 'Urith Offley/daughter and co-heiress of/ Joseph Offley of Norton Hall, Derbyshire/ married Samuel Shore/ of Meersbrook, Derbyshire./ 15 Feb.1759.' The miniature, however, clearly dates from c.1795, and as the sitter appears to be a young woman, the identification must be in some doubt. An alternative Urith is Urith Lydia Shore from Derbyshire, part of Florence Nightingale's extended family. She wanted to have a Crimean War monument in Sheffield and wanted FN involved. FN wrote back declining- seeing herself as a distraction if involved. Erected a school at Bole Hill, for boys and girls. Her portrait was also painted by George Romney - as Lady Urith Shore -in white dress. However, as Urith Lydia was born 25 July 1800, the miniature is almost certainly not of her either. |
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Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1951, London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1962. |
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Accession number | P.20-1951 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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