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Unknown Youth Abraham Cowley 1618-67
Miniaturist: Zincke, Christian Friedrich
History note: Edward Lovibond; his sale May 1776, where bought by Horace Walpole; Strawberry Hill sale 10 May 1842 (51), as miniature of Cowley, the poet; R.S. Holford; Sir George Lindsay Holford; his sale Christie's, 14 July 1927 (128); H. Seal; his sale Christie's, 16 February 1949 (130), where bought by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam
Height: 68 mm
Width: 54 mm
Method of acquisition: Given (1949-02-16) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Production date: AD 1716
Frame Depth 7 mm Height 85 mm Width 55 mm
Enamelled : Enamel
Inscription present: monogram
Accession number: PD.7-1949
Primary reference Number: 18253
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Accession Number: GR.22.1891
Accession Number: PD.145-1948
Accession Number: GR.110.1981
Accession Number: CG 124
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