A Portrait Miniature is a small, finely detailed painted portrait, typically on ivory, vellum or copper, popular from the 16th to 19th centuries as a personal, portable likeness before the advent of photography.
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A Portrait Miniature is a small, finely detailed painted portrait, typically on ivory, vellum or copper, popular from the 16th to 19th centuries as a personal, portable likeness before the advent of photography.
