British School, 20th century
Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849-1912) c. 1910
Watercolour over a photograph on ivory | 2.3 x 1.8 cm (sight) | RCIN 9052
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Rectangular gold frame with foliate scrolled top and an oval, diamond framed reserve containing miniature; head and neck, in the uniform of a colonel in the 1st Banff Volunteer Artillery Corps with the badge of the Royal Victorian Order and the Royal Victorian Chain framed in a rectangular two-colour gold frame mounted with diamonds with pierced-scroll crest, guilloché enamel and strut in the form of a monogrammed double F, gold marks for Paris 1847 – 1919, maker's mark H.A. (possibly Henri Auguste).
Provenance
Presented to Queen Mary on her birthday by Lord Farquhar, 26 May 1912
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Watercolour over a photograph on ivory
Measurements
2.3 x 1.8 cm (sight)
5.55 x 3.15 x 0.25 cm (whole object)
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