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The Reverend T. Fry

Relief
1810 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Reverend T Fry is shown in profile facing to the left. He wears a minister's coat and shirt and is bareheaded.

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
TitleThe Reverend T. Fry
Materials and techniques
Wax
Brief description
Relief, Wax, English, signed Miss S.E. Covell, 1810
Physical description
The profile relief, in cream wax on black glass is shown facing to the left. He wears a minister's coat and shirt and his head is bareheaded.
Dimensions
  • Framed height: 21cm
  • Framed width: 15cm
Marks and inscriptions
'[Head?] of the Rev T Fry [the name has been stuck on] / Modelled by Miss Covell / G E Woodhouse / Jan 27 1810'. (Reads a handwritten label on the back.)
Credit line
From the Mary Bate Collection
Object history
From the Mary Bate Collection, ex. loan 72. Bought from Philip Bate for £100.
Summary
Reverend T Fry is shown in profile facing to the left. He wears a minister's coat and shirt and is bareheaded.

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. 32.
Collection
Accession number
A.48-1970

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Record createdMarch 18, 2004
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