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Description: | Artist: Sauvage, Charles-Gabriel, miniaturist; Date(s): circa 1761 - before 1827; Classification(s): miniature (painting), box, The shell of a turtle (known as tortoiseshell) was carved, heated and pressed to form a box. The miniature was painted on card and set under glass with a gilt metal mount.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Broughton, H.R., Major, the Hon., 1973-12, Major, the Hon. H.R. Broughton Bequest [M.71 & A-1973]
Description: tortoise-shell with miniature of a bird, bird's nest, urn and flowers in a wicker basket | 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: | Sauvage, Charles-Gabriel miniature (painting) box | Temporal: | name=late 18th to early 19th century; start=1761; end=1827 | 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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