Queen Elizabeth I 1533-1603: 3761

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Queen Elizabeth I 1533-1603

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Hilliard, Nicholas

Entities

Miniature (painting)

Categories

Miniature (painting)

Notes

History note: A. Wylies; F. Leverton Harris

Measurements and weight

Height: 58 mm
Width: 45 mm

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1926) by Harris, Frederick Leverton

Dating

1595 CE - 1600 CE

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 stuck to card with another, but modern, piece of card glued to the back

References and bibliographic entries

Nicholas Hilliard page(s): 143
The English Renaissance Miniature page(s): 122
Catalogue of Portrait Miniatures in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge page(s): 112

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Identification numbers

Accession number: 3761
Primary reference Number: 17991
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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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