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Unknown Man Thomas, 3rd Baron Fairfax 1612-71
Miniaturist: Cooper, Samuel
History note: C. Fairfax Murray; L.D. Cunliffe
Height: 25 mm
Width: 21 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham
No resemblance to Fairfax. See print by Faithorne (Eleanor Hamilton). Agree not like Faithhorne, but accepted portraits reasonably close. RB.P.
Support composed of vellum (skin) ( on card)
Watercolour : Watercolour on vellum on card
Accession number: 3825
Primary reference Number: 17666
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Accession Number: C.1040-2016
Accession Number: PD.26-1952
Accession Number: C.1034-2016
Accession Number: C.1026-2016
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