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?Self-portrait
Miniaturist: Cosway, Richard
Bequeathed 1961.
Height: 60 mm
Width: 51 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1960) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Production date: circa AD 1795 : Although the sitter gives the impression of being older than the self-portraits (in several versions) of c. 1795, this is possibly a self-portrait.
Support composed of ivory
Watercolour : Watercolour on ivory
Accession number: PD.203-1961
Primary reference Number: 17808
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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