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Relief - James Rennell

James Rennell

  • Object:

    Relief

  • Place of origin:

    England, Great Britain (made)

  • Date:

    18th century (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Wax

  • Credit Line:

    Rupert Gunnis Bequest

  • Museum number:

    A.86-1965

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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James Rennell was an English geographer, historian and a pioneer of Oceanography.

During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, low relief portraits in wax became popular in Britain and they were often exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Society of Artists and elsewhere. Waxes were used in a similar way to prints and medals, in order to disseminate the image of the sitter, or, like miniature paintings or silhouettes as portable mementoes.

Physical description

Wax relief of an old man. Profile to the left.

Place of Origin

England, Great Britain (made)

Date

18th century (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Wax

Object history note

Bequeathed by Rupert Gunnis, Esq.

Descriptive line

Wax, relief, English, 18th century

Materials

Wax

Subjects depicted

Rennell, James

Categories

Portraits

Collection code

SCP

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Qr_O96982
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