Skip to main content

Plaque: M.13-1980

An image of Plaque

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Alternative views

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Ivory painted in bodycolour and varnished; the flat oval double-sided miniature depicts on one side a procuress introducing a young prostitute to a prospective client; on the other side the procuress reveals the girl's charms to him.

Legal notes

Given by J.R.V. Smyth, Esq.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1980-06-02) by Smyth, J. R. V.

Dating

18th Century, second quarter#
Production date: circa AD 1730

Components of the work

Miniature composed of bodycolour
Surface composed of varnish
Plaque Length 7.8 cm Width 5.6 cm

Materials used in production

Ivory

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.13-1980
Primary reference Number: 150730
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Plaque" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/150730 Accessed: 2024-03-29 12:35:01

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/150730 |title=Plaque |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-03-29 12:35:01|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-150730

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/M_13_1980_20_281_29.jpg"
        alt="Plaque"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Plaque</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

More objects and works of art you might like

Plaque

Accession Number: C.125A-1961

Plaque

Accession Number: C.124C-1961

Plaque

Accession Number: C.124D-1961

Plaque

Accession Number: E.W.13

Suggested products from Curating Cambridge

You might be interested in this...

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...