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Portrait miniature of a lady

Portrait Miniature
1803 (made)
Artist/Maker
Thomas Heaphy (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Oval portrait miniature on ivory of an unknown woman.

Object details

Categories
Paintings
Portraits
Object type
Portrait miniature
TitlePortrait miniature of a lady (generic title)
Materials and techniques
miniature painting on ivory
Ivory
Painting
Brief description
Portrait miniature of a lady by Thomas Heaphy. Great Britain, 1803
Physical description
Oval portrait miniature on ivory of an unknown woman.
Dimensions
  • Height: 3in
  • Width: 2.25in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Marks and inscriptions
  • Painted by T Heaphy / Portrait Painter to the Prince of Wales / 83 Charlotte Street Rathbone Place / London 1803 (inscribed in ink in an old hand, on paper which is stuck to the back of the ivory)
  • TH: 1803 (signed in red on the left background)
Subject depicted
Portrait
Bibliographic reference
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
P.150-1929

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1069675/portrait-miniature-of-a-lady-portrait-miniature-thomas-heaphy/
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