Artist: Nellie M. Hepburn Edmunds 1913Lady Barber in a Lilac Dress Medium watercolour on ivory Dimensions 127 mm Origin England Collection Lady Barber Collection, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts (B/1/46) Nellie Hepburn Edmunds was a British artist trained at…
Artist: Rosalie M. Emslie · about 1905-10Self-Portrait Medium watercolour on ivory Dimensions 36 x 30 mm Origin England Collection V&A (E.488-2010) Rosalie M. Emslie was a London-based miniature painter working in the early twentieth century. She exhibited at the Royal…
Artist: Bernard Lens III · 1720Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587) Medium watercolour on ivory Dimensions 52 x 74 mm Origin London Collection On loan from the Daphne Foskett Collection to The Barber Institute of Fine Arts (L2012.43) In the early…
Artist: Peter Oliver · 1621-23Elizabeth of Bohemia (1596-1662, ‘The Winter Queen’) Medium watercolour on vellum Dimensions 55 x 44 mm Origin London? Collection On loan from the Daphne Foskett Collection to the Barber Institute of Fine Arts (L2012.32) Peter Oliver…
Artist: Nicholas Hilliard · about 1596-1600Princess Elizabeth, later Queen of Bohemia (1596-1662) Medium watercolour on vellum stuck on a playing card Dimensions 53 x 43 mm Origin London Collection V&A (P.4-1937) After Elizabeth I’s death, Hilliard continued to receive commissions…
Artist: Nicholas Hilliard · about 1595-1600Queen Elizabeth (1558-1603) Medium watercolour on vellum Dimensions 65 x 53 mm Origin London Collection V&A (622-1882) Nicholas Hilliard became Elizabeth I’s official limner, producing highly sought after miniatures for the English court. His meticulous…
Artist: Anne Mee · about 1784-1815Frances, Countess of Dartmouth (1733-1805) Medium watercolour on ivory Dimensions 64 x 52 mm Origin England Collection V&A (EVANS.163) Anne Mee came from an artistic family, and probably received her early training from her father,…
Artist: Anne Mee · about 1795Self-Portrait Medium watercolour on ivory Dimensions 76 x 57 mm Origin England Collection V&A (P.12-1962) Mee specialised in watercolour on ivory miniatures, a small and intimate format that was particularly popular among the British upper…
Artist: Penelope Carwardine · about 1760Portrait of a Lady Medium watercolour on ivory Dimensions 33 x 28mm Origin England Collection V&A (412-1907) If you look closely at the edge of this miniature (at about 5 o’clock if this were a…
Artist: Susannah-Penelope Rosse · about 1680Portrait of a Woman, presumed Self-Portrait Medium watercolour on vellum Dimensions 80 x 64 mm Origin England Collection V&A (451-1892) This is widely presumed to be a self-portrait of Susannah-Penelope Rosse. It offers a rare…