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Source Description
This miniature has the initials "R.C." at lower left, but this may have been added at a later date, and the miniature it is not thought to be by the famous Richard Cosway, although it appears to date from ca. 1800. Reverse: oval of blue guilloche enamel around fabric oval that perhaps once contained a lock of hair. Glazed.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
4636
label
Lord Cliffden
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
4636
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Lord Cliffden
description
This miniature has the initials "R.C." at lower left, but this may have been added at a later date, and the miniature it is not thought to be by the famous Richard Cosway, although it appears to date from ca. 1800. Reverse: oval of blue guilloche enamel around fabric oval that perhaps once contained a lock of hair. Glazed.
provenance
Probably Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1800
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
miniatures (paintings)
portraits
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
7.8
height
6.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 1/16 × W: 2 3/8 in. (7.8 × 6.1 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Initials] Lower left: R.C.
med
watercolor on ivory
creator_ids
6197
collection_ids
none
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
8e5c4d39caf6584e