Bust
ca. 1790 (made)
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Bust of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in lead-glazed earthenware and painted in overglaze enamels. Dressed in his Armenian costume with fur cap and fur-lined green caftan, over which is thrown a mauve cloak. He is on a round pedestal, marbled in red, blue, yellow and brown.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Lead-glazed earthenware and painted in overglaze enamels |
| Brief description | Bust of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in lead-glazed earthenware and painted in overglaze enamels, probably made by Enoch Wood at Burslem, ca. 1790. |
| Physical description | Bust of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in lead-glazed earthenware and painted in overglaze enamels. Dressed in his Armenian costume with fur cap and fur-lined green caftan, over which is thrown a mauve cloak. He is on a round pedestal, marbled in red, blue, yellow and brown. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Adapted from a portrait (based on a bronze medal, dated 1761, by Frans Gabriel Leclerc) painted by J.H. Taraval, and engraved in 1766 by C.H. Watelet. |
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| Other number | Sch. II 312 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:1219-1885 |
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| Record created | April 16, 2009 |
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