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WD4420-4423
- Record Id:
- 032-003282025
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003282025
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x003094
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD4420-4423
- Title:
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HESSING COLLECTION. WD4420-4423 Four miniature portraits connected with members of the Hessing family, who were European mercena ...
- Scope & Content:
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HESSING COLLECTION
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WD4420-4423
Four miniature portraits connected with members of the Hessing family, who were European mercenaries in the service of the Maratha chiefs of Gwalior.
All in original gilt gesso frames, with a damaged 19th century inscription on the reverse of the first three, repeated in full on the reverse of published versions of the portraits which have been mounted in small oval wooden frames (WD4420/1, WD4421/1, WD4422/1).
Purchased 1995.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003282025", "parent" : "#", "text" : "WD4420-4423: HESSING COLLECTION. WD4420-4423 Four miniature portraits connected with members of the Hessing family, who were European mercena ..." },{ "id" : "040-003282027", "parent" : "032-003282025", "text" : "WD4421: Bust length portrait to left in grisaille of George William Hessing (1781-1826), wearing military uniform" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003282028", "parent" : "032-003282025", "text" : "WD4422: Bust length cameo portrait in grisaille of Robert Sutherland (1768-1804), in military uniform. The initials J.W. scratched into pigment at…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003282029", "parent" : "032-003282025", "text" : "WD4423: Head and shoulders cameo portrait to right in grisaille of a small boy, wearing a coat with a frilled collar, probably the son of Col. Robert…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003282025
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- WD4421 : Bust length portrait to left in grisaille of George William Hessing (1781-1826), wearing military uniform
WD4422 : Bust length cameo portrait in grisaille of Robert Sutherland (1768-1804), in military uniform. The initials J.W. scratched into pigment…
WD4423 : Head and shoulders cameo portrait to right in grisaille of a small boy, wearing a coat with a frilled collar, probably the son of Col.…
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- 032-003282025
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 4 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1799
- End Date:
- 1806
- Date Range:
- 1799-1806
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)