Photographic Print
1880-1907 (Made)
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This object is a photographic print which has been hand-coloured with watercolour. It is one of 96 similar objects, most of which are facsimiles of original miniatures in various collections, both public and private. These copies were created for J.J. Foster to illustrate his publication of ‘Miniature Painters, British and Foreign...', 1903. This collection of copies was exhibited in 1908 at Dickenson’s Gallery, London, which was owned by J.J.Foster. It was accompanied by a booklet 'Exhibition Illustrating the Art of Miniature Painting’, 1908. Both publications are available in the National Art Library, V&A.
In the exhibition booklet this object is listed on page 11 as No. 3 in Case N, and identified as 'The Sisters. After Hall.'
Owner of the original miniature is cited in the booklet as 'Wallace Collection.'
In the exhibition booklet this object is listed on page 11 as No. 3 in Case N, and identified as 'The Sisters. After Hall.'
Owner of the original miniature is cited in the booklet as 'Wallace Collection.'
Object details
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| Brief description | This object is a photographic print which has been hand-coloured with watercolour. It is one of 96 similar objects, most of which are facsimiles of original miniatures in various collections, both public and private. These copies were created for J.J. Foster to illustrate his publication of ‘Miniature Painters, British and Foreign...', 1903. This collection of copies was exhibited in 1908 at Dickenson’s Gallery, London, which was owned by J.J.Foster. It was accompanied by a booklet 'Exhibition Illustrating the Art of Miniature Painting’, 1908. Both publications are available in the National Art Library, V&A. In the exhibition booklet this object is listed on page 11 as No. 3 in Case N, and identified as 'The Sisters. After Hall.' Owner of the original miniature is cited in the booklet as 'Wallace Collection.' |
| Credit line | Gift of the Courtauld Institute of Art |
| Object history | In the accompanying exhibition booklet, J.J. Foster has referred to the object as being titled as "The Sisters" after P.A. Hall, and the original owner cited as the Wallace Collection. Currently, the Wallace Collection has titled the object as 'Two Unknown Women', and it is artist Jean Urbain Guerin. In the annotated copy that was given to the V&A alongside the facsimiles, the Courtauld Institute of Art Curator has writen beside this entry that this copy is potentially portraying Duchess de Polignac and Comtesse de Polastron. I believe that this assesment is not accurate but rather the description found in the Wallace Collections' website is, and this facsimile is depicting Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire and Lady Foster instead. |
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| Associated object | E.192-2020 (Set) |
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| Accession number | E.154-2020 |
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| Record created | October 30, 2019 |
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