Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent (1767-1820)
Relief
ca. 1800-1920 (made)
ca. 1800-1920 (made)
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Edward, Duke of Kent is shown in relief facing to the right. Modelled in ivory-coloured wax on a black painted ground, he is depicted in middle age, bare-headed and with curly hair and sideburns. He wears a military uniform with tasselled epaulettes and a frilled shirt.
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. Wax was well suited to being cast and reproduced many times over from the same mould in order to propagate an image.
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. Wax was well suited to being cast and reproduced many times over from the same mould in order to propagate an image.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent (1767-1820) |
| Materials and techniques | Wax in giltwood frame |
| Brief description | Relief, Wax, English, about 1800-1820 |
| Physical description | The profile relief of the duke is shown dacing to the right. Modelled in ivory wax on a black painted ground, he is depicted in middle age, bareheaded and with curly hair and sideburns. He wears a naval unform with taslled paulettes and frilled shirt. |
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| Credit line | From the Mary Bate collection. |
| Object history | From the Mary Bate Collection, ex. loan 116. Bought from Philip Bate for £120. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Edward, Duke of Kent is shown in relief facing to the right. Modelled in ivory-coloured wax on a black painted ground, he is depicted in middle age, bare-headed and with curly hair and sideburns. He wears a military uniform with tasselled epaulettes and a frilled shirt. 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. Wax was well suited to being cast and reproduced many times over from the same mould in order to propagate an image. |
| Bibliographic reference | Pyke, E.J. A Biographical Dictionary of Wax Modellers, Oxford, 1973, p. 188. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.61-1970 |
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| Record created | March 18, 2004 |
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