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| Portrait of a lady, by Louis-Marie Sicard, called Sicardi, circa 1787. |
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| Portrait of a lady, Nathaniel Rogers, circa 1820s. |
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| Edward Raphael, by John Smart, 1789. |
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| Portrait of a young boy, Continental School, circa 1610. |
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| Portrait of a young gentleman, by Jean-Étienne Liotard, circa 1750. |
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| Portrait of a nun, by Richard Cosway, circa 1790. |
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| Portrait of a lady, unknown artist, circa 1800. |
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| Portrait of an army officer, by George Engleheart, circa 1800. |
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| Margaret Walpole, née Clive, by Richard Cosway, circa 1790. |
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| Portrait of a young gentleman, by Nicholas Hilliard, circa 1600. |
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| Unknown artist, probably circa first part of the nineteenth century. |
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| Robert Arthur de Acres, marquis de l'Aigle, by François Meuret, 1858. |
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| Portrait of a lady, by Louis-Marie Sicard, called Sicardi, 1789. |
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| Portrait of a young lady, attributed to Levina Teerlinc, 1549. |
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| Carl-Erik Wadenstierna, by Nicolas Lavreince (Niklas Lafrensen), circa 1760s. |
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| Elizabeth Stirling Foote, by Thomas Seir Cummings, 1832. |
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| Sir George John, 2nd Earl Spencer (?), by Richard Cosway, circa 1766. |
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| Self-portrait, by Anne Mee, circa 1795. |
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| John Dent, "Solicitor and County Coroner", unknown artist, circa 1810-20. |
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| Francis Bacon, later 1st Baron Verulam and Viscount St. Albans, by Nicholas Hilliard, 1578. |
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| Portrait of a young lady, unknown artist, circa 1840s. |
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| Colonel the Hon. James Hamilton of the Coldstream Guards, by John Smart, 1784. |
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| Edward Livingston, by Anson Dickinson, circa 1827. |
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| Unknown artist, circa 1780s. |
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| Margaret Roper, by Hans Holbein the Younger, circa 1535-36. |
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| A gentleman in the uniform of a volunteer regiment, by John Smart, 1799. |
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| Unknown child, by Anson Dickinson, circa 1810-30. |
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| Richard Whitmore, aged 3, by Bernard Lens III, 1718. |
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| Portrait of a lady, by Richard Cosway, 1798. |
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| Muhammad Ali Khan, Nawab of Arcot, by John Smart, 1787. |
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| Royal Ralph Hinman, by Anson Dickinson, circa 1810-20. |
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| Portrait of a lady, by Adam Buck, 1803. |
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| John Dyer Collier, by George Engleheart, circa 1780s-90s. |
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| Portrait of a lady, attributed to Georges Nicolas Toussaint Augustin, called Augustin Dubourg, circa 1790. |
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| Self-portrait, by Louis François Aubry (copy after), circa 1805 (original 1795). |
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| Miss Burnaby Green, by Andrew Robertson, 1829. |
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| Count Axel von Fersen, attributed to Nicolas Lavreince (Niklas Lafrensen), circa 1784. |
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| Count Fersen was the "special friend" of Queen Marie Antoinette. |
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| James Bogert, Jr., by Henry Inman, circa 1835. |
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| Portrait of a lady painting a portrait miniature, by Jean-Baptiste Soyer, circa 1795. |
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| Unknown woman in masque costume, by Isaac Oliver, 1609. |
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| Count Felix von Woyna, by Friedrich Ludwig Vieth von Golssenau, circa 1815. |
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| Portrait of a lady, called Mrs. Ackland, by Sir William Charles Ross, circa 1840s. |
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| Portrait of a boy, attributed to Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, circa 1780. |
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| Portrait of a lady, by George Engleheart, circa 1780s. |
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| Louis de Kergorlay, by François Dumont, 1789. |
Painting a portrait in miniature required, to my way of thinking. much more skill than a full size portrait painting. Each stroke was so fine, it could only be done once. So mistakes and improvements would have been impossible. And depending on the material the artist was working on (ivory, shell, vellum etc) was precious in its own right, as were the surrounding jewels like pearls and diamonds. Hilliard, Cosway and Liotard etc were great *sighs happily*
ReplyDeleteGreat skill, yes! Though I will say, as an artist who's made a lot of very small-scale work, it's much easier to control things like perspective and relative scale, and maintaining consistency of brushwork and color, etc., when you're working small. I'm always struggling to make my work larger, and while detail is certainly easier, the rest gets harder to manage.
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