miniaturist

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She soon developed a real passion for her creations, so much so she's now become the resident miniaturist for The Museum of the Home in Hoxton, London.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2023

She also studied in New York with prominent American portrait painter Robert Henri, and with miniaturist Theodora Thayer, a founder of the American Society of Miniature Painters, which Bush later joined.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 17, 2022

“I’m a miniaturist and love the details of people’s lives,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2022

The ball does set things spinning, but when Nella feels a strange prickling sensation on the back of her neck, she wonders if the miniaturist has returned.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2021

She has the honour of being the first miniaturist on record, and is said to have produced excellent portraits “in little,” especially those of ladies, on both vellum and ivory.

From Illuminated Manuscripts by Bradley, John William