Portrait Miniatures: Tiny Windows to the Past · Unknown boy, perhaps Sir Frederick Augustus D'Este (1794-1848)

Unknown boy, perhaps Sir Frederick Augustus D'Este (1794-1848)

Title (Dublin Core): Unknown boy, perhaps Sir Frederick Augustus D'Este (1794-1848)
Creator (Dublin Core): Cosway, R.; Cosway, Richard, 1740-1821; Richard Cosway
Date (Dublin Core): 1799
Description (Dublin Core): Portrait miniature of an unknown boy, perhaps Sir Frederick Augustus D'Este, dated 1799, painted on ivory by Richard Cosway (1742-1821). Portrait of a boy with his sleeves pushed up and his arms crossed, standing against a sky background. He is dressed in a so-called "skeleton suit".
Subject (Dublin Core): miniatures (paintings); Childhood and youth; skeleton suit
has style period (VRA Ontology): Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style)
Medium (Dublin Core): watercolor (paint); ivory (material)
height (VRA Ontology): 89 mm
width (VRA Ontology): 68 mm
Coverage (Dublin Core): England
Provenance (Dublin Core): Given by Mrs Emma Joseph
Rights (Dublin Core): Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Identifier (Dublin Core): P.7-1941