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Henry VIII
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Henry VIII
- Object:
Bust
- Place of origin:
England (made)
- Date:
ca. 1756 - ca. 1767 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Town, Robert (attributed to)
- Materials and Techniques:
Carved cannel coal with paste emerald fastening
- Museum number:
35-1870
- Gallery location:
In Storage
This bust, attributed to Robert Town (active 1756-1767), is made of the local seams of cannel, a fossilised material resembling jet, found in the coal seams near Wigan, Lancashire. A portrait medallion of Henry VIII in cannel coal of about 1755, also attributed to Town, is in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.