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Miniature of the Severn Family

Joseph Severn, 1820

Miniature of the Severn family, parents and five children painted on ivory before Joseph Severn left for a voyage to Naples with Keats. Literature: GC Williamson, 'Note on the Severn Family', in 'Keats Memorial Volume' (1921).

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Title of artwork, date

Miniature of the Severn Family, 1820

Date supported

1933

Medium and material

Paint on ivory

Dimensions

14 x 10 cm

Gifted by

M Unwin, W Brooke, S Storr

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