Miniature Portrait of a Woman
Artist
Artist Unknown
Date18th century
Mediumwatercolour on ivory
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
Dimensions5.5 x 4.1cm (oval)
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationOn Display - Gallery 18
Object numberABDAG005800
Keywords
This was the eighteenth-century way to carry your lover's picture around. Do you carry someone’s picture around today, or maybe just have a special background on your phone?
Exhibitions
May Healey
Meta Meston
Jacob Fransz van der Merck
Johan van Diest
George Jamesone
Cosmo Alexander
Douglas Strachan
Sir Henry Raeburn
Nathaniel Hone
