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miniaturist|ˈmɪnɪətjʊrɪst, ˈmɪnɪtjʊərɪst|
[f. miniature n. + -ist. Cf. F. miniaturiste.]
1. One who executed the miniature-illuminations of a manuscript; a miniator.
1851Millington tr. Didron's Chr. Iconogr. I. 260 It is possible..that the deficiency is owing to an error of the miniaturist. 1892J. H. Middleton Illum. MSS. 255 When the scribe, the rubricator, the illuminator and the miniaturist..had completed the manuscript it was ready for the binder.
2. One who paints miniature pictures or portraits.
1856Thackeray Christmas Bks. (1872) 52 A couple of young artists, young Pinkey the miniaturist and George Rumbold the historical painter. |