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The Hon. Miss Matilda Paget as a lady of the 14th century

Watercolour Drawing
1842 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Album of 40 watercolour drawings of cotumes worn at a ball at Buckingham Palace, 12 May 1842, mounted in a volume containing 42 pages of white wove paper, bound in red morocco gold tooled and lettered on the front cover with the artist's name.


Object details

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Object type
TitleThe Hon. Miss Matilda Paget as a lady of the 14th century (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour on wove paper, bound in red morocco tooled with gold
Brief description
Watercolour, The Hon. Miss Matilda Paget as a lady of the 14th century, from an album of 40 watercolour drawings of cotumes worn at a ball at Buckingham Palace, 12 May 1842, by Coke Smyth, British School, c.1842
Physical description
Album of 40 watercolour drawings of cotumes worn at a ball at Buckingham Palace, 12 May 1842, mounted in a volume containing 42 pages of white wove paper, bound in red morocco gold tooled and lettered on the front cover with the artist's name.
Dimensions
  • Album height: 21 1/2in
  • Album width: 16 3/4in
Style
Production typeUnique
Credit line
Purchased, 1940
Object history
Purchased, 1940.

The sketches were taken by Coke Smyth after a masked ball given by Queen Victoria on 12 May 1842, at the request of the Queen.
Associations
Collection
Accession number
E.1083-1940

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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