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Unknown Lady: 3898

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Unknown Lady
The Countess of Pembroke or The Countess of Dorset

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Hilliard, Nicholas

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Notes

History note: J. Whitehead; The Duke of Buccleuch

Legal notes

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.

Measurements and weight

Height: 73 mm
Width: 53 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1942) by Buccleuch, Duke of

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1595

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour

Components of the work

Support composed of vellum (skin) ( stuck to card)

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour on vellum, stuck to a playing-card with hearts on verso, which have been overpainted with brown watercolour

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: 3898
Primary reference Number: 17992
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 27 February 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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