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Philip Henry Gosse, portrait miniature by W. Gosse, 1839; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
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  • In painting: Miniature painting

    Portrait miniatures, or limnings, were originally painted in watercolor with body color on vellum and card. They were often worn in jeweled, enameled lockets. Sixteenth-century miniaturists, such as Hans Holbein the Younger, Jean Clouet, Nicholas Hilliard, and Isaac Oliver, painted them in the tradition of…

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