Portrait miniature of Catherine, Lady Blantyre
Portrait Miniature
December 1812 (painted)
December 1812 (painted)
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Oval portrait miniature of Catherine, Lady Blantyre, painted in watercolour on ivory. The sitter is depicted almost half-length in three-quarter profile, facing to the left. She wears a fur around her shoulders and a turban-esque head scarf. Signed and dated inscription written in ink at the back.
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Title | Portrait miniature of Catherine, Lady Blantyre (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Watercolour painting on ivory |
Brief description | Portrait miniature of Catherine, Lady Blantyre, by William John Thomson. Anglo-American, 1812. |
Physical description | Oval portrait miniature of Catherine, Lady Blantyre, painted in watercolour on ivory. The sitter is depicted almost half-length in three-quarter profile, facing to the left. She wears a fur around her shoulders and a turban-esque head scarf. Signed and dated inscription written in ink at the back. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'Catherine / Lady Blantyre / Painted by / W J. Thomson / Decr. 1812 / Edinburgh / for Honble C F Stuart / at Calcutta CFS' (Inscribed in ink at the back; transcription copied from Victoria & Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928, London: Board of Education, 1929.) |
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Accession number | P.23-1928 |
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Record created | July 15, 2003 |
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