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: 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: Sarah Biffin · 1811The Reverend William Pateshall (1779–1832) Medium watercolour on ivory Dimensions 76 x 60 mm Origin Oxford Collection V&A (P.22-1954) Sarah Biffin was born to a farm labourer in Somerset, in 1784. Biffin was born without hands,…
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…