Talk:Portrait miniature

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Recommended artist revisions

I have a few observations regarding this article that I believe need to be addressed. Posting to request input before making what could be considerable changes:

Artists not primarily (or at all) known for miniatures: there are numerous artists listed in the various sections that do not have the word miniature anywhere within their bio. Examples: Simon Renard de St. André, Jean Cotelle, Nicolas de Largillière, François Boucher, Jean Germain Drouais, Heinrich Füger, Pierre-Paul Prud'hon. I counted over a dozen in a cursory examination. Should these be removed?
Artists with no article: there are a lot of redlinks here. If this is to include notable miniature artists, shouldn't we expect an existing article for the artist? Some of them are what I only assume are last names, but there's no indication on who the artist actually is (e.g. "White", "Garriot", "Festa")
Artists not grouped geographically: even though the article is organized by country, there are a number of artists in the wrong country. Under FRANCE, there's Peter Adolf Hall of Sweden and Friedrich Heinrich Füger of Austria. Under ENGLAND, there's Johann Waldemar von Rehling-Quistgaard (Danish), Bess Norris (Australian), Eda Nemoede Casterton (American). Would require relocating and possible adding new sections (or removing).

Thoughts? Keithh (talk) 18:43, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's a very neglected article. Over 10kb of it (about 50%) came from EB 1911 [1]. I'd go ahead and sort it out. Category:Portrait miniaturists has 162 in it, but maybe not the right ones. Johnbod (talk) 21:54, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, that what I thought. I've purged at least what I considered the most egregious examples of names that should not be included, and tried to do some copy-editing to tighten things up a bit. I'll come back to do a more detailed pass at another time. Keithh (talk) 22:35, 18 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

New Editions and Sources

Hello Wikipedians,

I am planning to work on this article in the coming weeks. I am listing some potential sources below that I will reference. I welcome additional recommendations.

Jenkins, Roy, 1920-2003. (1993). Portraits and miniatures. London: Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-59282-4. OCLC 28748192.

Frank, Robin Jaffee. (2000). Love and loss : American portrait and mourning miniatures. Yale University. Art Gallery., Gibbes Museum of Art (Charleston, S.C.), Addison Gallery of American Art. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery. ISBN 978-0-89467-086-2. OCLC 43977811.

Williamson, George Charles, 1858-1942. The history of portrait miniatures. OCLC 2952332.

Coltman, Viccy (2017-09). "Sojourning Scots and the Portrait Miniature in Colonial India, 1770s-1780s: Sojourning Scots". Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies. 40 (3): 421–441. doi:10.1111/1754-0208.12467.

Ackerman, Evelyn (2007-01). "Costume is the Key: Seventeenth Century Miniature Portraits with Costume Overlays". Dress. 34 (1): 61–77. doi:10.1179/036121107805252926. ISSN 0361-2112.