Hon Frederick Villiers aged 9
Anthony Stewart (Crieff 1773 – Stockwell 1846)
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
1824
Materials
Cardboard, Leather, Oak, Vellum, Velvet
Measurements
100 mm (Width); 70 mm (Diameter)
Order this imageCollection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 772561
Summary
Portrait miniature, watercolour on ivory, The Hon. Frederick Villiers aged 9, by Anthony Stewart (Crieff 1773 – Stockwell 1846). Head and shoulders portrait of a young boy, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, short curly black hair, wearing a dark jacket and wide frilled white collar. Blue background.
Provenance
Part of the Jersey bequest, March 1993
Marks and inscriptions
In ink on the back of the miniature 'Fred -Villiers. / [?Qt.Tud]/[?] -1824-9. An; in [pencil] on the obverse of the case 'Fred. Villiers / Qto A - 9; attached to the clasp, an early 20th century paper tag '127'
Makers and roles
Anthony Stewart (Crieff 1773 – Stockwell 1846), miniaturist