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"Elizabeth Lackworthy" A62.864
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Despite her pinched mouth and rather unflatteringly large bonnet, Elizabeth Lackworthy from Exeter is an absolute beauty. This portrait miniature, measuring just 65 mm high, is in superb condition given its age. Miniatures were popular in Europe during the 17th and 18th Century and were used as keepsakes to remind people of absent loved ones, as jewellery or as snuff box covers. Miniaturists used watercolour to paint on parchment, card or ivory. The word 'miniature', coined in the 17th Century, is expressive of technique rather than size and is derived from the Latin root mimium (red lead pigment), which was used by limners to embellish manuscripts. Illuminated manuscripts had been superseded for book illustrations by printmaking techniques such as woodcut and engraving. Subsequently, limners turned their exceptional illustrative skill to painting portrait miniatures.
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