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Unknown Lady The Countess of Pembroke or The Countess of Dorset
Miniaturist: Hilliard, Nicholas
History note: J. Whitehead; The Duke of Buccleuch
With money bequeathed by Mrs Coppinger Prichard in memory of her father, Thomas Waraker, LL.D., and with a grant from the National Art Collections Fund.
Height: 73 mm
Width: 53 mm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1942) by Buccleuch, Duke of
Production date: circa AD 1595
Support composed of vellum (skin) ( stuck to card)
Watercolour : Watercolour on vellum, stuck to a playing-card with hearts on verso, which have been overpainted with brown watercolour
Accession number: 3898
Primary reference Number: 17992
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