Dr J. C. Crouch
Relief
1790-1810 (made)
1790-1810 (made)
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Dr J. Crouch is shown in almost full relief, facing to the front. Depicted in late middle age with balding hair, he sits holding a mortar board in his left hand and in his right he supports an open book.
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 | Dr J. C. Crouch |
| Materials and techniques | Wax |
| Brief description | Wax, German, about 1790-1810 |
| Physical description | The portrait bust of Dr J. Crouch (identified by Pyke) is shown in almost full relief, facing to the front. Depicted in late middle age with balding hair, he sits holding a mortar board in his left hand; with his right he supports an open book. The doctor wears a black coat and white stock. The wax is set on dark oainted glass and is framed in an elaborate oval gilded frame. |
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| Credit line | From the Bate collection |
| Object history | From the Mary Bate Collection, ex. loan 18. Bought from Philip Bate for £120. |
| Summary | Dr J. Crouch is shown in almost full relief, facing to the front. Depicted in late middle age with balding hair, he sits holding a mortar board in his left hand and in his right he supports an open book. 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. 186. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.25-1970 |
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| Record created | March 17, 2004 |
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