Self-Portrait (?)
Relief
ca. 1809 (made)
ca. 1809 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This portrait in coloured wax shows a man nearly full face with short powdered and curly hair. He wears a red coat with gilt buttons and a high turn over collar over a waistcoat of yellow striped with pink with a high folded neck band and a ruffled shirt. The sitter is identified as Samuel Percy, the celebrated eighteenth century wax sculptor according to the family tradition of the donor. The portrait is in an oval gilded frame and the background, curtain and drapery below the wax are of dark green silk.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Self-Portrait (?) |
| Materials and techniques | Wax |
| Brief description | Wax, English, by Samuel Percy (1750-1820), about 1809 |
| Physical description | Portrait in coloured wax. Shown nearly full face with short powdered and curly hair. Wearing a red coat with gilt buttons and a high turn over collar over a waistcoat of yellow striped with pink. A high folded neck band and ruffled shirt. In an oval gilded frame, the background, curtain and drapery below the wax, of dark green silk. |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss E.D.R. Formilli |
| Object history | This wax portrait belonged to the family of Miss Formilli's mother, née Morgan. The identification of the portrait as Percy is traditional in the Morgan family. |
| Summary | This portrait in coloured wax shows a man nearly full face with short powdered and curly hair. He wears a red coat with gilt buttons and a high turn over collar over a waistcoat of yellow striped with pink with a high folded neck band and a ruffled shirt. The sitter is identified as Samuel Percy, the celebrated eighteenth century wax sculptor according to the family tradition of the donor. The portrait is in an oval gilded frame and the background, curtain and drapery below the wax are of dark green silk. |
| Bibliographic reference | Crookshank, Anne. Irish Portraits 1660-1860 , London : Paul Mellon Foundation for British Art, 1969
no.178 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.57-1940 |
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| Record created | March 15, 2004 |
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