Daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Best
Relief
ca. 1780-1800 (made)
ca. 1780-1800 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
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.
Portraits of Elizabeth and Thomas Best and their son are also in the collection.
Portraits of Elizabeth and Thomas Best and their son are also in the collection.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Best |
| Materials and techniques | Wax |
| Brief description | Wax, English, by Samuel Percy (1750-1820), about 1780-1800 |
| Physical description | Polychrome wax relief of subject in half-length, profile to the right. |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'EXHIBITION of OLD MASTERS FROM HOUSES IN KENT 11th June-8th July Name of Lender. Rev W.W. Best-Dawson Title Wax Miniature. Man [sic] Artist Percy / Address for return / Park House Boxley / nr Maidstone'. (Written on label on back.) |
| Credit line | Rupert Gunnis Bequest |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Rupert Gunnis Esq. |
| Summary | 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. Portraits of Elizabeth and Thomas Best and their son are also in the collection. |
| Associated objects | |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.91-1965 |
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| Record created | March 17, 2004 |
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