Artist: Louie Burrell about 1900-30Portrait of a Red-haired Girl Medium watercolour on ivory Dimensions 82 mm (diam) Collection V&A (P.49-1982) Louisa, or ‘Louie’ Burrell faced a series of setbacks in her career. She left London to work as a teacher…
Artist: John Plott · 1800A Quaker Woman, formerly called Elizabeth Fry Medium watercolour on ivory Dimensions 72 mm Origin Great Britain Collection On loan from a Private Collection to The Barber Institute of Fine Arts (L2012.18) John Plott was a…
Artist: Charlotte Martner · 1809Lieutenant-Colonel William Cleeve (1780-1831) Medium watercolour on ivory Dimensions 67 mm (diam.) Collection V&A (P.14-1978) Born in Paris, Charlotte Martner relocated to the Caribbean in 1803, where she was based in Martinique with her husband. Martner’s…
Artist: Charles Hayter · 1800Portrait of the Wife of a Purser in the East India Company’s Service, with Two of Her Children Medium watercolour on ivory Dimensions 89 x 71 mm Origin England Collection V&A (P.23-1923) Charles Hayter was a…
Artist: John Smart · 1795Portrait of an Unknown Woman, with the Initials ‘L.V.W.’ Medium watercolour on ivory Dimensions 83 x 70 mm Origin India or England Collection V&A (234-1885) John Smart was one of the most accomplished miniature painters of…
Artist: Diana Hill about 1791Lieutenant Thomas Harriott (1753-1817) Medium Watercolour on ivory Dimensions 48 x 33 mm Origin Kolkata, India Collection V&A (P.126-1920) More about the artist: Diana Hill →
Artist: Diana Hill · about 1785-90Portrait of an Unknown Girl Medium watercolour on ivory Dimensions 92 x 70 mm Origin Kolkata, India Collection V&A (P. 139-1929) Having already become an established artist in London, Hill embarked on a long journey…
Artist: Diana Hill · about 1775–1800Mary Steuart (1767-1810), later Mrs Timothy Powell Medium watercolour on ivory Dimensions 68 x 55 mm Origin London or Kolkata (India) Collection V&A (P.18-1937) This miniature is attributed to Diana Hill, a female painter whose…