The Rev. Samuel Woodforde, D.D., F.R.S. 1636-1701: 3842

Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Titles

The Rev. Samuel Woodforde, D.D., F.R.S. 1636-1701

Maker(s)

Notes

History note: Miss Hollins of Gloucestershire in 1902; H.J. Pfungst; his sale Christie's, 14 June 1917 (41), where bought Pawsey and Payne; L.D. Cunliffe

Measurements and weight

Height: 69 mm
Width: 54 mm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

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.

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1661

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour

Components of the work

Support composed of vellum (skin) ( on card)

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour on vellum on card

Inscription or legends present

Text: F
Location: Lower centre left
Method of creation: Gold
Type: Signature

Text: 1661
Location: Lower centre left, below the above
Method of creation: Gold
Type: Date

Text: Amico suo fideli / [S]amueli Wood ... / [Dec]emb. 1661
Location: Verso, on gesso

References and bibliographic entries

Samuel Cooper and the English Miniature Painters of the XVIIth Century (Supplementary Volume) page(s): 61
'A miniature self-portrait by Thomas Flatman limner and poet' page(s): 64, 65
English Portrait Miniatures page(s): 75
A Dictionary of British Miniature Painters page(s): 273
The English Miniature page(s): 151
Catalogue of Portrait Miniatures in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge page(s): 84

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3842
Primary reference Number: 17924
Stable URI

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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