Unknown Man: 3825

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Titles

Unknown Man
Thomas, 3rd Baron Fairfax 1612-71

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Cooper, Samuel

Categories

Miniature (painting)

Notes

History note: C. Fairfax Murray; L.D. Cunliffe

Measurements and weight

Height: 25 mm
Width: 21 mm

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham

Note

No resemblance to Fairfax. See print by Faithorne (Eleanor Hamilton). Agree not like Faithhorne, but accepted portraits reasonably close. RB.P.

School or Style

Materials used in production

Components of the work

Support composed of vellum (skin) ( on card)

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour on vellum on card

References and bibliographic entries

Samuel Cooper and the English Miniature Painters of the XVIIth Century page(s): 37
Catalogue of Portrait Miniatures in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge page(s): 36

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3825
Primary reference Number: 17666
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Audit data

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

Associated departments & institutions

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

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