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Daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Best
Percy, Samuel, born 1750 - died 1820 - Enlarge image
Daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Best
- Object:
Relief
- Place of origin:
England, Great Britain (made)
- Date:
ca. 1780-1800 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Percy, Samuel, born 1750 - died 1820 (maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Wax
- Credit Line:
Rupert Gunnis Bequest
- Museum number:
A.91-1965
- Gallery location:
In Storage
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.
Portraits of Elizabeth and Thomas Best and their son are also in the collection.
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