Lady Townshend
Relief
1765-1775 (made)
1765-1775 (made)
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Lady Townshend is shown in relief facing to the left. She is dressed in a white dress, sprigged with pink and blue flowers and a white frilled cap also decorated with flowers. Around her neck she wears a white and pink ruff.
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 | Lady Townshend |
| Materials and techniques | Wax |
| Brief description | Relief, Wax, English, about 1765-1775 |
| Physical description | The profile relief of Lady Townshend is shown facing to the left. She is dressed in a white dress, sprigged with pink and blue flowers and a white frilled cap, also decorated with pink and blue flowers. The wax is set on a green glass background. |
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| Credit line | From the Bate collection |
| Object history | From the Mary Bate Collection, ex. loan 19. Bought from Philip Bate for £150. |
| Summary | Lady Townshend is shown in relief facing to the left. She is dressed in a white dress, sprigged with pink and blue flowers and a white frilled cap also decorated with flowers. Around her neck she wears a white and pink ruff. 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.26-1970 |
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| Record created | March 17, 2004 |
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