Skip to main content

Portrait of an unknown man: PD.8-1993

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Portrait of an unknown man

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Hargreaves, Thomas

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1993) by Tait, J. A., Dr

Note

The sitter is thought to be related to the donor.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour
White bodycolour
Gum arabic

Components of the work

Support composed of ivory
Sight Size Height 72 mm Width 55 mm

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour with white highlights and gum Arabic on ivory

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.8-1993
Primary reference Number: 18271
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Portrait of an unknown man" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18271 Accessed: 2024-04-24 17:23:51

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18271 |title=Portrait of an unknown man |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-24 17:23:51|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-18271

More objects and works of art you might like

Portrait of an unknown man

Accession Number: 150

Unknown Man

Accession Number: 3825

Unknown Man

Accession Number: 3928

Unknown man

Accession Number: C.1040-2016

Suggested products from Curating Cambridge

You might be interested in this...

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...