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For the Nation: Two Miniatures

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by Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver at the National Portrait Gallery
For the same sentimental reason that we carry around with us photos of loved ones, the wealthy Elizabethan - 400 years ago - might be wearing a small jewelled locket. Inside it, a tiny portrait painted in water colours. Two of these exquisite little pictures came up for auction earlier this year. Roy Strong bid over £60,000 of the tax-payers' money to acquire them for the National Portrait Gallery and, he believes, it was money well spent.

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Presenter:
Roy Strong
Director:
Derek Trimby
Source: Radio Times

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