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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Titles

Unknown Man
Thomas, 3rd Baron Fairfax 1612-71

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Cooper, Samuel

Categories

Notes

History note: C. Fairfax Murray; L.D. Cunliffe

Measurements and weight

Height: 25 mm
Width: 21 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham

Note

No resemblance to Fairfax. See print by Faithorne (Eleanor Hamilton). Agree not like Faithhorne, but accepted portraits reasonably close. RB.P.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour

Components of the work

Support composed of vellum (skin) ( on card)

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour on vellum on card

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3825
Primary reference Number: 17666
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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