Edmund Burke (1730-1797)
Relief
1821 (Made)
1821 (Made)
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The politician and philosopher Edmund Burke is shown in profile facing to the left. He is dressed in an open frock coat and a frilled shirt and wears a curly wig, tied with a ribbon at the base of his neck.
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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| Title | Edmund Burke (1730-1797) |
| Materials and techniques | Wax in giltwood frame |
| Brief description | Relief, Wax, English, by T.R. Poole, about 1821 |
| Physical description | The profile relief, in pink wax on brown glass, of the statesman Edmund Burke is shown facing to the left. He is dressed in an open frock coat and frilled shirt and wears a curly wig tied with a ribbon at the base of his neck. |
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| Credit line | From the Bate collection |
| Object history | From the Mary Bate Collection, ex. loan 39. Bought from Philip Bate for £150. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | The politician and philosopher Edmund Burke is shown in profile facing to the left. He is dressed in an open frock coat and a frilled shirt and wears a curly wig, tied with a ribbon at the base of his neck. 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, p. 113. |
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| Accession number | A.31-1970 |
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| Record created | March 18, 2004 |
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