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Unknown Lady of the Sotheby or Isted Families
Miniaturist: Cosway, Richard
History note: Sotheby Collection; sold Sotheby's, 11 October 1955 (14), where bought by Louis C.G. Clarke, LL.D.
Bequeathed 1960.
Height: 63 mm
Width: 50 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Production date: circa AD 1795
Support composed of ivory
Watercolour : Watercolour on ivory
Accession number: PD.199-1961
Primary reference Number: 17801
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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