Unknown Woman
Relief
ca. 1821-1850 (made)
ca. 1821-1850 (made)
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An unknown woman is shown in relief facing to the left. She has brown curly hair and wears a white bonnet with a frill decorated in purple trim, and a white lace shawl over a brown dress.
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.
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.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Unknown Woman |
| Materials and techniques | Wax in wooden frame |
| Brief description | Relief, Wax, English, by David Morrison, about 1821-1850 |
| Physical description | The profile relief of an unknown woman is shown facing to the left on a black painted ground. She has brown curly hair and wears a white bonnet with a frill, decorated in purple trim, and a white lace shawl over a brown dress. |
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| Credit line | From the Mary Bate Collection |
| Object history | From the Mary Bate Collection, ex. loan 11. Bought from Philip Bate for £50 |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | An unknown woman is shown in relief facing to the left. She has brown curly hair and wears a white bonnet with a frill decorated in purple trim, and a white lace shawl over a brown dress. 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. |
| Bibliographic reference | Pyke, E.J. A Biographical Dictionary of Wax Modellers, Oxford, 1973, pp. 94-5. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.20-1970 |
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| Record created | March 17, 2004 |
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