Caroline Gordon at the Age of Three
Relief
1829 (made)
1829 (made)
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This standing figure of a child wearing a white dress with a high corsage stitched in pink and pink shoes. She looks to the left and carries under her left arm a tabby cat and in her right hand, at her side, a brown jug. She stands on a grey painted dais covered with a carpet laid corner-wise. It is signed by 'J. Hagbolt' and dated to 1829. Hagbolt was trained in Cologne, but worked in Holland and England as a sculptor in wax, before returning to Germany in 1840.
Object details
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Title | Caroline Gordon at the Age of Three |
Materials and techniques | Wax |
Brief description | Wax, English, 1829 |
Physical description | Standing figure of a child in a white dress. The high corsage stitched in pink; pink shoes. She looks to the left and carries under her left arm a tabby cat and in her right hand, at her side, a brown jug. She stands on a grey painted dais covered with a carpet laid corner-wise. Signed 'J. Hagbolt, 1829'. The background painted grey, the top slightly arched. In original gilt frame with plaster decoration. |
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Credit line | Given by Miss G. Gordon St. Aubyn, granddaughter of the subject |
Object history | Given by Miss G. Gordon St Aubyn. |
Summary | This standing figure of a child wearing a white dress with a high corsage stitched in pink and pink shoes. She looks to the left and carries under her left arm a tabby cat and in her right hand, at her side, a brown jug. She stands on a grey painted dais covered with a carpet laid corner-wise. It is signed by 'J. Hagbolt' and dated to 1829. Hagbolt was trained in Cologne, but worked in Holland and England as a sculptor in wax, before returning to Germany in 1840. |
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Accession number | A.21-1939 |
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Record created | March 15, 2004 |
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