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A Midshipman

Painter George Chinnery (English, 1774–1852)

Dateca. 1790

Place createdEngland

Mediumwatercolor on ivory

DimensionsImage: 2 3/4 × 2 5/16 in. (7 × 5.9 cm)

ClassificationsMiniatures (portraits)

DepartmentEuropean Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings

Credit LineAcquired from the Collection of T. Everard Spence (1899-1992) of Belfast, N. Ireland through a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fleischmann in memory of Julius Fleischmann, and a gift from Stuart T. Spence in memory of T. Everard Spence

Accession Number1996.24

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