Miniature
British (English) School
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
circa 1690
Materials
Oil paint, Vellum
Measurements
76 x 64 mm
Order this imageCollection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 453445
Summary
Five portrait miniatures, oil painting on vellum. Two 17th century, British School and three 18th century by Samuel Cotes (London 1734 – Chelsea 1818). They include four unknown ladies, possibly idenitfied as Mary Wynter, Mrs William Blathwayt (1650-1691), Elizabeth Clark, Mrs William Blathwayt III (1719-1764), and Sophia Blathwayt, and an unknown gentleman in armour.
Provenance
Indigenous collection purchased by Ministry of Works in 1954 and given to Dyrham Park in 1961.
Makers and roles
British (English) School, miniaturist