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Duke of Kent
Andras, Catherine, born 1775 - died 1860 - Enlarge image
Duke of Kent
- Object:
Relief
- Place of origin:
England, Great Britain (made)
- Date:
early 19th century (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Andras, Catherine, born 1775 - died 1860 (maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Wax
- Credit Line:
Rupert Gunnis Bequest
- Museum number:
A.114-1965
- Gallery location:
In Storage
This wax relief depicts Edward, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George III and Queen Charlotte. He was the father of Queen Victoria.
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. Wax was well suited to being cast and reproduced many times over from the same mould in order to propagate an image.
Catherine Andras was appointed Modeller in Wax to Queen Charlotte in 1802. This relief is one of a framed series which also includes images of Princess Charlotte, the Duke of Kent and George III and George IV as Prince of Wales.
