Mastiff
Statuette
ca. 1800 (made)
ca. 1800 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Very little is known concerning this terracotta statuette of a hound or its pendant (inv. no. A.10-1954). In his recommendation to the Director, the Keeper of the Department of Architecture and Sculpture in 1954 wrote that 'these two sketch models of dogs . . . came with a block of other things from Ashburnham'. The tradition at Ashburnham Place - a country house in Sussex - was that they were the work of 'an artist who had come down a long time ago and done portraits of all the dogs'.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Mastiff (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Terracotta |
| Brief description | Statuette, sketch model, Mastiff (dog), unknown artist, England, ca. 1800 |
| Physical description | Mastiff dog sitting and facing left. |
| Dimensions |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr Bill Redford |
| Object history | Given by Mr. W. Redford, 15, Davies Str., W1, London in 1954 together with its pendant Mus. no. A.0-1954. Both are said to have formerly been in the Ashburnham collection, presumably at Ashburnham Place, near Battle, Essex. In the possession of the dealer Gerald Kerin prior to 1954. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Very little is known concerning this terracotta statuette of a hound or its pendant (inv. no. A.10-1954). In his recommendation to the Director, the Keeper of the Department of Architecture and Sculpture in 1954 wrote that 'these two sketch models of dogs . . . came with a block of other things from Ashburnham'. The tradition at Ashburnham Place - a country house in Sussex - was that they were the work of 'an artist who had come down a long time ago and done portraits of all the dogs'. |
| Associated object | A.10-1954 (Ensemble) |
| Bibliographic reference | Bilbey, Diane with Trusted, Marjorie, British Sculpture 1470 to 2000. A Concise Catalogue of the Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2002, p. 349, cat. no. 714 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.11-1954 |
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| Record created | January 14, 2003 |
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