David Hartley Coleridge (1796-1849)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
1800 - 1900
Materials
Measurements
135 x 115 x 10 mm
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Coleridge Cottage, Somerset
NT 253368
Summary
Portrait miniature, watercolour on paper, David Hartley Coleridge (1796-1849), British (English) School. Portrait of a young man, in left profile, Significant in displaying rare portrait of the (internationally significant poet Coleridge’s son. An evocative miniature in excellent condition. A 19th century label on the reverse confirms the identification. Hartley was a baby when Coleridge first came to the cottage and also returned there. He is important to the story of Samuel Taylor Coleridge at Nether Stowey.
Makers and roles
British (English) School, miniaturist