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Description: | Artist: Pr?vost, Jean Louis, miniaturist - French artist, c.1760-p.1810; Date(s): circa 1780 - before 1810; Classification(s): miniature (painting), box, The shell of a turtle (known as tortoiseshell) was carved, heated and pressed to form the parts of a box, which were glued together, and to which gilt metal mounts were pinned and glued. The miniature was painted on card and set under glass.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Broughton, Major the Hon. H.R., 1973-04-06, Major, the Hon. H.R Broughton Bequest [M.121 & A-1973]
Description: tortoise-shell with miniature of a wicker basket of flowers next to a pineapple peach and grapes | 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: | Pr?vost, Jean Louis miniature (painting) box | Temporal: | name=late 18th to early 19th century; start=1780; end=1810 | 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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