James Rennell
Relief
18th century (made)
18th century (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
James Rennell was an English geographer, historian and a pioneer of Oceanography.
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
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | James Rennell |
| Materials and techniques | Wax |
| Brief description | Relief, James Rennell, wax, English, 18th century |
| Physical description | Wax relief of an old man. Profile to the left. |
| Credit line | Rupert Gunnis Bequest |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Rupert Gunnis, Esq. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | James Rennell was an English geographer, historian and a pioneer of Oceanography. 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. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.86-1965 |
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| Record created | March 17, 2004 |
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