[Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton and of Argyle, ca. 1770 - watercolour on ivory miniature / [...
[Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton and of Argyle, ca. 1770 - watercolour on ivory miniature / [...
[Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton and of Argyle, ca. 1770 - watercolour on ivory miniature / [attributed to R. Cosway ?]
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Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1770 (dated from costume)
Call Numbers
MIN 60
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Physical Description
Contents
Drawings - 7.7 x 6.6 cm. inside frame (sight) - 13.1 x 11.4 cm., frame - 1 watercolour on ivory miniature encased in wooden rectangular frame painted black with circular shaped glass mounted in brass in centre. At the top centre of the frame is a metal clasp shaped like an acorn with leaves with two...
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The female in this portrait is dressed in an eighteenth century open robe with laced stomacher panel and sleeves of white satin and pink stipes trimmed with pearls and lace.
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton and of Argyle, ca. 1770 - watercolour on ivory miniature / [attributed to R. Cosway ?]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:a128659...
Signature / Inscriptions
Handwritten on a paper label on reverse of wooden frame, "miniature of the celebrated / Miss Gunning afterwards / Duchess of Hamilton / R. Cosway R.A. 1785"
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907.
This item has been digitised as part of the Nelson Meers Foundation Benefaction, 2002
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Administrative / Biographical history
Richard Cosway, baptised in 1742 in Devonshire, was a well-known British miniature artist. Cosway initially trained in London under Thomas Hudson, then moved to a school run by William Shipley (1714-1803). A prolific artist, Cosway exhibited at the Royal Academy and prided himself on the rapidity with which he could produce his miniatures. -- Refer...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MIN 60
Record Identifier
n7oRbkMn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n7oRbkMn
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Reference code
202005
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