Locket with a Portrait Miniature of James Marlay, aged 12, by an unknown artist

An image of Locket with portrait miniature of James Marlay, aged 12. Unknown maker. Gold, ivory, painting and glass. Locket in the form of a triptych. Back and front chased with flowering foliate design. Inside, in the centre, a miniature portrait of James Marlay, aged twelve, the brother of C.B. Marlay. On either side, but not under glass, as above, a painting on ivory of a kneeling angel by an unknown artist. c.1840-1900.

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Locket with portrait miniature of James Marlay, aged 12. Unknown maker. Gold, ivory, painting and glass. Locket in the form of a triptych. Back and front chased with flowering foliate design. Inside, in the centre, a miniature portrait of James Marlay, aged twelve, the brother of C.B. Marlay. On either side, but not under glass, as above, a painting on ivory of a kneeling angel by an unknown artist. c.1840-1900.

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Accession Number: MAR.M.293-1912
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 665 pixels
Image width: 760 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
Filesize: 76.58kB
Exposure time: 1/45
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2010:01:26 19:36:59

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19th Century British English Fitz_AA George Marlay Victorian Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_PCtd angels boys gold ivory jewellery locket male miniature pendant portraits triptych watercolour winged wings young youthful

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