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The miniature in the picture is also by Charles Hayter and is in the V&A’s collection (Museum no. P.23-1923). A drawing by Hayter also in the V&A (Museum no. E.3150-1920) is a sketch in pencil of the same sitter--inscribed in ink ‘Son of an E I purser’, showing that the boy was the son of a purser in the service of the East India Company. \r\n\r\nThe boy is possibly wearing a uniform of some sort, and may be about to be sent away to school. This pair of miniatures beautifully illustrate the sentimental, personal role of most portrait miniatures--the child painted holding a miniature that he presumably will take away with him, while his own portrait will stay behind with his family. It is also possible that it was intended to be sent to the child's father in India.","physicalDescription":"Portrait of a boy holding a miniature (the miniature he is holding, also in the V&A, is by Charles Hayter, and is of the boy's mother and siblings, museum number P.23-1923).  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