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Description: | Artist: Vallayer-Coster, Anne, miniaturist - French artist, 1744-1818; Date(s): circa 1764 - before 1818; Classification(s): miniature (painting), box, The box was carved from boxwood. The interior was made from the shell of a turtle (known as tortoiseshell) which was carved, heated and pressed. The miniature was painted on card and set under glass.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Broughton, H.R., Major, the Hon., 1973-12, Major, the Hon. H.R. Broughton Bequest [M.57 & A-1973]
Description: boxwood lined with tortoise-shell, with miniature of flowers | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | miniature (painting) box Vallayer-Coster, Anne | Temporal: | name=mid 18th to early 19th century; start=1764; end=1818 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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