An Unknown Man
Relief
1826-1833 (made)
1826-1833 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
An unknown man is shown in relief facing to the right. He has dark curly sideburns and is dressed in a black frock coat, white shirt and cream waistcoat. The wax us set on dark green glass with a gilt inset to the frame.
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
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | An Unknown Man |
| Materials and techniques | Wax |
| Brief description | Relief, Wax, German, by Jacob Hagbolt (1775-1849), about 1826-1833 |
| Physical description | The profile relief of an unknown man is shown facing to the right. With dark curly hair and sideburns, he is dressed in a black frock coat, white shirt and cream waistcoat. The wax is set on dark green glass with a gilt inset to the frame. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'J. Hagbolt'. (On original trade card on the reverse) |
| Credit line | From the Bate collection. |
| Object history | From the Mary Bate Collection, ex. loan 23. Bought from Philip Bate for £70. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | An unknown man is shown in relief facing to the right. He has dark curly sideburns and is dressed in a black frock coat, white shirt and cream waistcoat. The wax us set on dark green glass with a gilt inset to the frame. 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. 61. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.28-1970 |
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| Record created | March 17, 2004 |
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