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Major Sir Alexander Allan, Bart 1764-1820
Miniaturist: Smart, John
History note: Alexander Allan Webbe; his sale Christie's, 23 April 1914 (40), where bought Pawsey and Payne; L.D. Cunliffe
Height: 53 mm
Width: 40 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham
Production date: AD 1787
Support composed of ivory
Watercolour : Watercolour on ivory
Inscription present: in copperplate
Inscription present: monogram
Accession number: 3881
Primary reference Number: 18226
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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