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Unknown Boy: PD.65-1948

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Titles

Unknown Boy

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Redmond, Thomas

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed 1946 through the National Art Collections Fund.

Measurements and weight

Height: 38 mm
Width: 30 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1948) by Manuk, P. C. and Coles, G. M., Miss

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1775

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour

Components of the work

Support composed of ivory

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour on ivory

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: TR
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Black
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Horace Walpole / Sold at Strawberry Hill and afterwards at Lady Blesintons [sic] Sale May I 1849
  • Location: Old label
  • Method of creation: MS
  • Text: Exhibited South Kensington / 1865 Lady Dorothy Hewitt C ?
  • Location: Old label
  • Method of creation: MS

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.65-1948
Primary reference Number: 18187
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Audit data

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