Url http://omekas.prattsi.org/s/_portraitminiatures/item/8103 Resource class dctype:PhysicalObject Title Portrait miniature of a ragged boy Creator Lens, Peter Paul https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q19710717 Peter Paul Lens Subject http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300033936 miniatures (paintings) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99004940 Childhood and youth http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96011981 Social classes in art Date 1744 Identifier P.8-1920 Coverage http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7002445 England Rights Victoria and Albert Museum, London Medium http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015029 paint (coating) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011857 ivory (material) Diameter 45 mm Has style period http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021048 Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style) -- Url http://omekas.prattsi.org/s/_portraitminiatures/item/8101 Resource class dctype:PhysicalObject Title Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex Creator http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500005259 Holbein, Hans http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81117179 Holbein, Hans, 1497?-1543 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q48319 Hans Holbein the Younger Subject http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300033936 miniatures (paintings) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50018371 Cromwell, Thomas, Earl of Essex, 1485?-1540 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q294435 Thomas Cromwell Date c. 1532-1533 Identifier NPG 6310 Coverage http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7002445 England Rights National Portrait Gallery, London Medium http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015045 watercolor (paint) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011852 vellum (parchment) Provenance Purchased with help from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund, 1994 Diameter 1 3/4 in. (44 mm) Has style period http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021035 Tudor -- Url http://omekas.prattsi.org/s/_portraitminiatures/item/8099 Resource class dctype:PhysicalObject Title Anne Mee, Self Portrait Creator Mee, Anne http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001044820 Mee, Anne, 1775?-1851 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16858002 Anne Mee Subject http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300033936 miniatures (paintings) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124534 self-portraits http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001044820 Mee, Anne, 1775?-1851 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16858002 Anne Mee Date c. 1795 Identifier P.12-1962 Coverage http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7002445 England Rights Victoria and Albert Museum, London Medium http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015045 watercolor (paint) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011857 ivory (material) Provenance Given by Mrs Arthur R. Fuller Has style period http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021048 Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style) Height 7.6 cm Width 5.7 cm -- Url http://omekas.prattsi.org/s/_portraitminiatures/item/8097 Resource class dctype:PhysicalObject Title Portrait of Edward Raphael (d.1791) Creator Smart, John http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87148953 Smart, John, 1741-1811 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6258207 John Smart Subject http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300033936 miniatures (paintings) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97002280 Merchants in art Date 1789 Identifier P.16-1984 Coverage http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7000198 India Rights Victoria and Albert Museum, London Medium http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015045 watercolor (paint) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011857 ivory (material) Provenance Bequeathed by Mrs K. Gifford Scott, from the Hugh John Burton Collection Has style period http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021048 Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style) Height 55 mm Width 44 mm -- Url http://omekas.prattsi.org/s/_portraitminiatures/item/8095 Resource class dctype:PhysicalObject Title Unknown boy, perhaps Sir Frederick Augustus D'Este (1794-1848) Creator http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500115280 Cosway, R. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93108180 Cosway, Richard, 1740-1821 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2539929 Richard Cosway Subject http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300033936 miniatures (paintings) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99004940 Childhood and youth http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7534429 skeleton suit Date 1799 Identifier P.7-1941 Coverage http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7002445 England Rights Victoria and Albert Museum, London Medium http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015045 watercolor (paint) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011857 ivory (material) Provenance Given by Mrs Emma Joseph Has style period http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021048 Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style) Height 89 mm Width 68 mm -- Url http://omekas.prattsi.org/s/_portraitminiatures/item/8093 Resource class dctype:PhysicalObject Title Self Portrait Creator Unknown Artist Subject http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300033936 miniatures (paintings) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124534 self-portraits Date c. 1800-1805 Identifier 2014.512 Coverage http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7012149 United States http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7007256 Louisiana Rights Metropolitan Museum of Art Medium http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015045 watercolor (paint) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011857 ivory (material) Provenance E. Grosvenor Paine, New Orleans (who discovered it in New Orleans); acquired in about 1989 by Elle Shushan, Philadelphia, PA Credit Line: Dale T. Johnson Fund, 2014 Has style period http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300056557 romanticism (form of expression) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300172863 Romantic (modern European styles) Height 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm) Width 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm) -- Url http://omekas.prattsi.org/s/_portraitminiatures/item/8091 Resource class dctype:PhysicalObject Title Mary Walpole (née Lombard), Lady Walpole of Wolterton Creator Boit, Charles http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89606537 Boit, Charles, 1662-1727 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85322089 Boit, Charles https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4518968 Charles Boit Subject http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300033936 miniatures (paintings) https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q75272988 Lady Mary Walpole Date c. 1715 Identifier NPG 6418 Coverage http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7002445 England Rights National Portrait Gallery, London Medium http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300147678 enamel paint http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011020 copper (metal) Provenance Purchased, 1998 Has style period http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021037 Stuart http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021470 Stuart Revival Height 1 3/4 in. (43 mm) Width 1 1/2 in. (36 mm) -- Url http://omekas.prattsi.org/s/_portraitminiatures/item/8085 Resource class dctype:PhysicalObject Title Richard Baxter Creator White, Robert http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85057360 White, Robert, 1645-1703 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12072854 Robert White Subject http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300033936 miniatures (paintings) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50005510 Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q680070 Richard Baxter Date 1670 Identifier NPG 875 Coverage http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7002445 England Rights National Portrait Gallery, London Medium http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015050 oil paint (paint) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011020 copper (metal) Provenance Bequeathed by Thomas Kerslake, 1891 Has style period http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300113602 Restoration (British style or period) Height 3 7/8 in (99 mm) Width 3 1/4 in (83 mm) -- Url http://omekas.prattsi.org/s/_portraitminiatures/item/8083 Resource class dctype:PhysicalObject Title Katherine of Aragon Creator Lucas Horenbout (or Hornebolte) https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q957847 Lucas Horenbout Subject http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300033936 miniatures (paintings) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50035812 Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q162819 Catherine of Aragon Date c. 1525 Identifier NPG 4682 Coverage http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7002445 England Rights National Portrait Gallery, London Medium http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015045 watercolor (paint) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011852 vellum (parchment) Provenance Purchased, 1969 Diameter 38 mm Has style period http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021035 Tudor -- Url http://omekas.prattsi.org/s/_portraitminiatures/item/8080 Resource class dctype:PhysicalObject Title Nicholas Hilliard, Self-portrait, aged 30 Creator Hilliard, Nicholas https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q318114 Nicholas Hilliard http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50035194 Hilliard, Nicholas, 1547?-1619 Subject Nicholas Hilliard http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q282129 portrait miniature http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95000904 Portrait miniatures, French http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85105110 Portrait miniatures, English Date 1577 Identifier P.155-1910 Coverage http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7752065 France Rights Victoria and Albert Museum, London Medium http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300389895 watercolor painting (technique) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011852 vellum (parchment) Provenance This or both this and the one of Richard Hilliard [see P.154-1910] are referred to in the will of Nicholas Hilliard's son, Laurence Hilliard, dated February 21st 1640 bequeathing to his son, Thomas: “by way of Leagacey my gran Father(s) (pic) Hillyard his picture in an ivrey box with a Cristall vpponst” (Erna Auerbach, Hilliard , 1961, p. 227). This originally read “my Fathars pic” and was altered to “my gran Fathar”. Both Richard's and Nicholas's miniatures are next referred to by de Piles in 1706 when in the possession of Simon Fanshaw: “There are moreover, two wonderful pieces of his, now in the Possession of Simon Fanshaw , Esq; and by him valu’d, nor without reason, as ‘tis the opinion of some good Judges, at above 50 Guineas each, tho’ not much bigger than a Crown-Piece. One of these is the Picture of our Artist himself, with this / inscription in Gold Letters round it. / Nicolaus … / The other is the Picture of his Father…These two pictures in Miniature are so Masterly done, that not only the Faces are finely colour’d an naturally with a good Rilievo ; but that almost each single Hair is express’d.” (De Piles, The Art of Painting , London 1706, pp. 430-31 and Vertue. Notebooks , II, p. 129). Both were acquired by John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester (1680-1737) and passed on his death to his brother Jocelyn Sidney, 7th and last Earl of Leicester (d. 1743). These facts are recorded by George Vertue when he saw them at Leicester House in 1735 and in addition he records: “the writeing round these two pictures and the gilt mettal Frames first made for them was taken away and the two pictures sett in a gold Snuff box – by the present Earl of Leicester who had them from his Brother. But I wish them to be returned into their old Frames again” (Vertue, Notebooks , IV, p. 80). Horace Walpole records that the Earl of Leicester gave the snuff box to Field-Marshal Sir Robert Rich, Bt, (Anecdotes of Painting in England , London, 1782, ed, I, p. 257 note). Descended from Sir Robert Rich, 4th Bt, (1685-1768) to his son, Lt- General Sir Robt Rich, 5th Bt, (1714-85); they passed from him to a Mrs Clavering who gave them to her niece, Caroline Elizabeth (d. 1890), eldest daughter of George, 5th Viscount Barrington, in 1843 on her marriage to the Hon Thomas Liddell; she, in turn, gave them to her niece, Mary Frances (d. 1913), daughter of William, 6th Viscount Barrington, and wife of Alfred Sartoris; she sold them at Christie’s 27th June 1906 (lot 76); bt, Hodgkins; acquired by George Salting and bequeathed by him with his collection to the V&A, 1910. Diameter 41mm Has style period http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021035 Tudor http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021036 Elizabethan http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300444895 English Renaissance (British Renaissance style) -- Url http://omekas.prattsi.org/s/_portraitminiatures/item/5802 Resource class dctype:PhysicalObject Title Miniature self-portrait of John Smart Creator http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87148953 Smart, John, 1741-1811 Subject http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85105110 Portrait miniatures, English Date 1797 Identifier P.11-1940 Relation Prints, Drawings, and Paintings Collection Coverage http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7002445 England Rights Victoria and Albert Museum, London Medium http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015045 watercolor (paint) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011857 ivory (material) Provenance Purchased with funds from the H. B. Murray Bequest Has style period http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021048 Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style) Height 87mm Width 70mm -- Url http://omekas.prattsi.org/s/_portraitminiatures/item/5797 Resource class dctype:PhysicalObject Title Selina Innes Creator http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2005014365 Engleheart, George, 1750-1829 Subject http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85105110 Portrait miniatures, English Date late 18th century Identifier P.15-1958 Relation Prints, Drawings, and Paintings Collection Coverage http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7002445 England Rights Victoria and Albert Museum, London Medium http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300389895 watercolor painting (technique) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011857 ivory (material) Provenance This miniature is attached to a mid-19th century gilt-metal bracelet. It is one of a group of portraits of the family of Sir William Chambers, R.A., bequeathed to the National Portrait Gallery by Miss E. F. E. Pebardy. Another portrait of the same sitter, is P.18-1958, a pastel by Francis Cotes, and a portrait of the sitter's husband by Engleheart is P.16-1958. It is probable that P.15 and P.16-1958 are the portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Innes recorded in Engleheart's sitter-book under the year 1778: according to information provided by the testatrix, the marriage took place on 20 January of that year. Has style period British School Height 3.81cm Width 3.18cm -- Url http://omekas.prattsi.org/s/_portraitminiatures/item/5791 Resource class dctype:PhysicalObject Title John Croker of Barton, Oxfordshire, and his wife Frances, whom he married in 1581 Creator http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50035194 Hilliard, Nicholas, 1547?-1619 Subject http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85105110 Portrait miniatures, English Date Late 16th century Identifier P.139-1910 Coverage http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7002445 England Rights Victoria and Albert Museum, London Medium http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015045 watercolor (paint) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011852 vellum (parchment) Has Part This object consists of 2 parts. Miniature Miniature Provenance Salting Bequest Has style period English School http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021035 Tudor Height Case height: 75mm Width Both cased together width: 83mm -- Url http://omekas.prattsi.org/s/_portraitminiatures/item/5786 Resource class dctype:PhysicalObject Title Elizabeth Ann Timothy Creator http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00002210 Benbridge, Henry, 1743-1812 Subject http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85105108 Portrait miniatures, American Date ca. 1775–85 Identifier 26.286 Coverage http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7012149 United States Rights Public domain Medium http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015045 watercolor (paint) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300070114 gouache (paint) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011857 ivory (material) Provenance Rogers Fund to Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1926 Height 1 1/2in (3.7cm) Width 1 1/8in (3 cm) -- Url http://omekas.prattsi.org/s/_portraitminiatures/item/5744 Resource class dctype:PhysicalObject Title Mrs Jane Small, formerly Mrs Pemberton Creator http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500005259 Holbein, Hans http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81117179 Holbein, Hans, 1497?-1543 Subject http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85105110 Portrait miniatures, English Date ca. 1536 Identifier P.40&A-1935 Relation Prints, Drawings, & Paintings Collection Coverage http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7002445 England Rights Victoria and Albert Museum, London Medium http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015045 watercolor (paint) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011852 vellum (parchment) Has Part This object consists of 2 parts. Miniature Decorated Lid Provenance Purchased with Art Fund support, and the assistance of the Murray Bequest and an anonymous donor Diameter Diameter: 52mm Lid diameter: 65mm Has style period http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021035 Tudor -- Url http://omekas.prattsi.org/s/_portraitminiatures/item/5726 Resource class dctype:PhysicalObject Title Portrait of Anne of Denmark, Queen of James I Creator http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50077300 Oliver, Isaac, 1556?-1617 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1049934 Isaac Oliver Subject http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85105110 Portrait miniatures, English http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q158248 Anne of Denmark Date ca. 1612 Identifier FA.689 Coverage http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7002445 England Rights Victoria and Albert Museum, London Medium http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015045 watercolor (paint) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011852 vellum (parchment) Provenance Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 Has style period http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021037 Stuart Height 60mm Width 48mm -- Url http://omekas.prattsi.org/s/_portraitminiatures/item/5723 Resource class dctype:PhysicalObject Title Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I Creator http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50035194 Hilliard, Nicholas, 1547?-1619 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q318114 Nicholas Hilliard Subject http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85105110 Portrait miniatures, English http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7207 Elizabeth I of England http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79081709 Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 Date 1586-1587 Identifier P.23-1975 Coverage http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7002445 England Rights Victoria and Albert Museum, London Medium http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015045 watercolor (paint) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011852 vellum (parchment) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300014224 cardboard Provenance From 'Artists of the Tudor Court', V&A exhibition, 1983, entry for P.23-1975: This miniature once belonged to a group of ten, four of which are now in the V&A [P.23-1975, P.24-1975, P.27-1975 and P.28-1975 - all framed in the same way with the miniature laid onto a later piece of parchment and inscribed with details of the sitter]. The earliest account of their history (Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower, The Great Historic Galleries of England, London, 1881, pl. xx) is highly romanticized and claims provenance from James II via Louis XIV which cannot be proved. Their certain history is as follows: acquired in Paris by James Edwards (1757-1816), bookseller and bibliographer, probably in the aftermath of the Treaty of Amiens; sold Christie’s July 15th 1816 (lot 61); acquired by the Rev. Thomas Butt of Kinnersley, Shropshire, who married Edward’s widow; by descent to Capt. H. Edwards-Heathcote, Belton Hall, Market Drayton; sold Christie’s June 13th 1928 (lot 45); purchased by Mrs Doris Herschorn; bequeathed, 1975. Has style period http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021035 Tudor http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021036 Elizabethan Height 45mm Width 37mm -- Url http://omekas.prattsi.org/s/_portraitminiatures/item/5685 Resource class dctype:PhysicalObject Title Mrs. Charles Willson Peale (Rachel Brewer) and Baby Eleanor Creator http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80025860 Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 Subject http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85105106 Portrait miniatures http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85087517 Mother and child Date 1790 Identifier 2006.235.127 Coverage http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7012149 United States Rights Public Domain Medium http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015045 watercolor (paint) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011857 ivory (material) Provenance Charles Willson and Rachel Brewer Peale's daughter, Sophonisba A. Peale; her son, Coleman Sellers; his daughter, Jesse Sellers Colton (Mrs. Sabin Woolworth Colton, Jr.), Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; her daughter, Suzanne Colton Wilson, Corpus Christi, Texas; Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, Arizona; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 28 May 1987, lot 23 Has style period http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021477 Neoclassical Height 2 1/2 in (6.5 cm) Width 2 in (5.2 cm) -- Url http://omekas.prattsi.org/s/_portraitminiatures/item/5677 Resource class dctype:PhysicalObject Title Catherine de Medici Creator http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500015977 Clouet, Francois http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94072322 Clouet, François, -1572 Subject https://www.idref.fr/104424338 Médicis, Catherine http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85047104 Fans http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95000904 Portrait miniatures, French Date 1555 Identifier P.26-1954 Coverage http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7752065 France Rights Victoria and Albert Museum, London Medium http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015045 watercolor (paint) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011852 vellum (parchment) Provenance This miniature was received in one half of a 17th century turned wood box: in the other half was a portrait of James I by John Hoskins (P.27-1954). Diameter Vertical diameter: 95mm Horizontal diameter: 95mm Has style period French School -- Url http://omekas.prattsi.org/s/_portraitminiatures/item/5675 Resource class dctype:PhysicalObject Title Portrait miniature of Anne of Cleves (1515-1557), set in a turned ivory box Creator http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500005259 Holbein, Hans http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81117179 Holbein, Hans, 1497?-1543 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q48319 Hans Holbein the Younger Subject Anne of Cleves http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85105110 Portrait miniatures, English http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q57126 Anne of Cleves http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no95060450 Anne, of Cleves, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1515-1557 Date 1539 Identifier P.153:1, 2-1910 Coverage http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7002445 England Rights Victoria and Albert Museum, London Medium Portrait miniature: watercolour on vellum stuck to a playing card with part of a court card on the back. Box: ivory base and lid - it is still possible to screw the rose lid to its base; this perfect fit seems to be the result of both having been carved from one piece of elephant tusk (noted in Katherine Coombs, The Portrait Miniature in England, V&A, 1998). http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015045 watercolor (paint) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011852 vellum (parchment) Has Part This object consists of 2 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below) Miniature Box Cover (Closure) Provenance First recorded in 1720 by George Vertue as follows: “a head of Anne of Cleves, painted Curiously a limning in a round Ivory box turn’d finely like a Rose with loose leaves, this done by Holbein, probably the picture that was done to show King Henry before she came over Mr. Alexander” (Notebooks, I, p. 65); it is not clear from this whether the Mr. Alexander was or was not its owner; next recorded by Vertue, 1732, when in the collection of Colonel James Seymour (1658(?)-1739): “The picture of Anne a Cleve I had another View of it in the Possession of Col. Seamor. it is a round Curious turnd Ivory box the head only in full fron. the ground blew. painted by Holbein. & supposed to be the Very picture showd to the King Hen. 8.-“ (Notebook, IV, p. 45); Colonel James Seymour was father of the painter. Vertue records the “he drew and limned very ingeniously. he allwayes was conversant with the nobles & virtuosi of his Time all Lovers & practitioners of the Arts of Painting Scripture graving &c – as well as mechanical works of Arts. had an infinite number of curious, pictures drawing & print of all kinds past thro’ his hands was in great esteem” (Notebooks, III, p. 86); probably in the sale that followed his death it was purchased by the collector Thomas Barrett of Lee Priory, Kent (1698-1757) in whose possession Vertue records it c.1 739: “Anne a Cleve. a curious limning in an Ivory box finely turnd. done by Hans Holben” (Notebooks, IV, 1935-36, p. 156); engraved 1739 by Houbracken with slight variants and inscribed: Holben pinxit. In the Collection of Thomas Barret Esqr; descended to his son Thomas Barrett Brydges of Denton Court; during this period it is recorded at Lee, first in 1794 by Horace Walpole (letter to the Misses Berry, 28th September 1794) and by Sir Thomas Croft in 1825 (letter of August 10th 1825 to his aunt, Elizabeth Croft, in the possession of the late Edward Croft Murray); sold in 1826 to a dealer named Tuck (Chamberlain Holbein, II, p. 182); resold to Francis Douce, the antiquary (1757-1834); there it formed part of the Doucean Museum: “no. 26 a beautiful miniature by Holbein, like the last, in an ivory box, but the cover elaborately carved so as to imitate the English rose, 1539” (Gentleman’s Magazine, March, 1836, pp. 245ff.); passed to his second cousin, Lt-Col. Augustus Meyrick whose son bequeathed it to Miss Eleanor Davies (d.1933) who sold it to George Salting, who bequeathed with the Salting Collection to the V&A 1910. Diameter Horizontal diameter: 60mm Vertical diameter: 60mm Has style period http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021035 Tudor --