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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: American Portrait Miniatures of Eighteenth Century

For Students 9th - 10th
The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on American portrait miniature paintings of the eighteenth century.
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National Portrait Gallery: Artists a to Z: Nicholas Hilliard

For Students 9th - 10th
Access the museum's collection of portraits by the sixteenth-century goldsmith and painter Nicholas Hilliard. Find miniature portraits of many well-known figures from the Tudor and Stuart periods in British history, including Elizabeth,...
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Victoria and Albert Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum: Nicholas Hilliard: Young Man Among Roses

For Students 9th - 10th
Short essay about one of Hilliard's most famous miniatures (Robert Deveraux, second Earl of Essex?) examines the artist's influences, Tudor symbolism, Elizabeth's relationship with the subject of the portrait, and the romantic ideals of...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Nicholas Hilliard

For Students 9th - 10th
Free-content encyclopedia entry for Nicholas Hillard from Wikipedia.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Benjamin Trott

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Benjamin Trott is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work in creating miniatures.