Unknown Young Officer: PD.197-1961

Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Titles

Unknown Young Officer

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Cosway, Richard

Categories

Miniature (painting)

Legal notes

Bequeathed 1960.

Measurements and weight

Height: 41 mm
Width: 31 mm

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1790

School or Style

Materials used in production

Components of the work

Support composed of ivory

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour on ivory

References and bibliographic entries

Catalogue of Portrait Miniatures in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge page(s): 43

Related exhibitions

Richard and Maria Cosway: Regency Artists of Taste and Fashion

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.197-1961
Primary reference Number: 17684
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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