? Algernon Sidney 1622-83: 3901

Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Titles

? Algernon Sidney 1622-83

Maker(s)

Legal notes

With money bequeathed by Mrs Coppingerff Prichard in memory of her father, Thomas Waraker, LL.D., and with a grant from the National Art Collections Fund.

Measurements and weight

Height: 64 mm
Width: 51 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: Bought (1942) by Buccleuch, Duke of

Dating

Production date: AD 1659

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: 1659
Location: Centre left
Method of creation: Gold
Type: Date

Text: I.H.
Location: Centre left, below the above
Method of creation: Gold
Type: Signature

References and bibliographic entries

The History of Portrait Miniatures 1531 to 1860 (Vol. II) page(s): 40
Miniatures page(s): 119
Samuel Cooper and the English Miniature Painters of the XVIIth Century page(s): 14
Samuel Cooper and the English Miniature Painters of the XVIIth Century (Supplementary Volume) page(s): 142
The Welbeck Abbey Miniatures page(s): 39
Early English Portrait Miniatures in the Collection of the Duke of Buccleuch page(s): 33
British Miniaturists page(s): 225
The British School of Miniature Portrait Painters page(s): 12
English Art 1625-1714 page(s): 93
The Fitzwilliam Museum, An Illustrated Survey page(s): 288
The Miniature in Europe page(s): 377
Catalogue of Portrait Miniatures in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge page(s): 134

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3901
Primary reference Number: 18048
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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