IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 306970 accession number: M.6-2021 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Thursday 7 October 2021 updated: Thursday 7 December 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Overmantel mirror. Ebonised and gilt wood frame with gesso details and three panes of mirror glass. Central square section with circular convex mirror surrounded by a fluted sunburst motif. Flanked on either side by two rectangular mirrors. The rectangular frame with a gilt ionic pillar with acanthus leaves at either end and a row of gilt gesso balls just below the projecting top of the frame. Some gilding is historic, while other sections have been painted gold more recently. object type: Overmantel mirror. Ebonised and gilt wood frame with gesso details and three panes of mirror glass. Central square section with circular convex mirror surrounded by a fluted sunburst motif. Flanked on either side by two rectangular mirrors. The rectangular frame with a gilt ionic pillar with acanthus leaves at either end and a row of gilt gesso balls just below the projecting top of the frame. Some gilding is historic, while other sections have been painted gold more recently. title: mirror NOTES ----- type: history note value: This mirror was owned by artist D. G. Rossetti, who most likely altered it. On his death, it was taken/acquired by his friend Charles Fairfax Murray and remained in his family. It was most recently in the collection of Murray’s grandson, David Elliott (d. 2020), who was also Farifax Murray's biographer. The mirror was given to the Museum by Elliott’s daughter, Croianna Bradshaw. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Croianna Bradshaw STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/306970 PEOPLE ------------------- Murray, Charles Fairfax Rossetti, Dante Gabriel CATEGORIES ------ category: mirror DATING ------ CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Depth units: cm value: 12.8 dimension: Height units: cm value: 84.5 dimension: Width units: cm value: 150