portrait
Object NamePortrait
Maker
C. C. Schroeder
Made FromGlass, Wood, Gilded Metal, Mercury-Tin Amalgam Mirror
Date1754
Place MadeNetherlands
Techniqueengraved, ground
Size(Mirror): 31.3 x 15.7 cm
Accession Number58.3.172
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
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.Provenance
Source
A. Nijstad
