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Object NamePortrait

Maker C. C. Schroeder

Made FromGlass, Wood, Gilded Metal, Mercury-Tin Amalgam Mirror

Date1754

Techniqueengraved, ground

Size(Mirror): 31.3 x 15.7 cm

Accession Number58.3.172

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Place Made

Netherlands

Physical DescriptionPane of clear glass silvered on the reverse; engraved and ground. Rectangular pane with beveled edge; half figure portrait of the Duke of Cumberland in uniform, with his right arm raised, enclosed in an oval frame bearing at the bottom the inscription: "GUIL: AUG: DUX CUMBERLAND..." scratched at the bottom edge: "C C (second C rubbed off) SCHROEDER DELFT 1754"; mirror is set in a wooden frame with gilded inner metal border.
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