Miniature portrait formerly believed to be Betsey Alicia Clark, nee Trevan / I. [or J ?] Brooke faci...
Miniature portrait formerly believed to be Betsey Alicia Clark, nee Trevan / I. [or J ?] Brooke faci...
Miniature portrait formerly believed to be Betsey Alicia Clark, nee Trevan / I. [or J ?] Brooke facit, 1804
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Author / Creator
Date
1804
Call Numbers
MIN 59
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Physical Description
Contents
Drawings - 6.1 x 4.8 cm. inside frame (sight) - 6.9 x 5.6 cm., frame, 1.5 cm. loop - 1 watercolour on ivory miniature in gold oval shaped frame with glass front. Encased in an oval compartment on the reverse covered in glass with a black material backing, are two strands of human hair, brown in colo...
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Head-and-shoulders portrait shows female wearing a wrap-around gown influenced by Spanish military trim with slashing (insertion of puffs of muslin on sleeves and bodice), an Elizabethan revival style ruff at neckline made of muslin with white work embroidery, and an ornamental clasp at the centre of her hair.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Miniature portrait formerly believed to be Betsey Alicia Clark, nee Trevan / I. [or J ?] Brooke facit, 1804
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 874434...
Signature / Inscriptions
Inscription on separate piece of paper: "I. Brooke facit / 1804".
There is a Miss Brooke listed fl. 1807, Cork Street, London, in D. Foskett, A dictionary of British miniature painters, vol. 1 (London: 1972), however it cannot be confirmed that she is the artist.
Contextual Information
Source
Acquired, by descent from the Trevan family, at Sotheby, Wilkinson, and Hodge auction, 1914.
It was purchased in the same lot as the journal (ML C220) and letterbook (ML C221) of Lieutenant Ralph Clark.
This item has been digitised as part of the Nelson Meers Foundation Benefaction, 2003.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MIN 59
Record Identifier
nQR2V6G1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nQR2V6G1
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Reference code
432026
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