Parian bust of Purity, Copeland

An image of Bust. Purity. Copeland, England, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent. Noble, Matthew, sculptor (British, 1818-1876). Crystal Palace Art Union, distributor, England. Inscription: Maker's name; reverse of bust; marked; CERAMIC AND CRYSTAL PALACE ART UNION PUB. NOVEMBER 1869 COPYRIGHT RESERVED COPELAND L M. NOBLE SC. Parian (porcelain), slip-cast, height, 32.4 cm, length, 18.8 cm, width, 17.5 cm, length, base, 9.8 cm, 1869. Acquisition Credit: Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax from the estate of G. D. V. Glynn, and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum.

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Bust. Purity. Copeland, England, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent. Noble, Matthew, sculptor (British, 1818-1876). Crystal Palace Art Union, distributor, England. Inscription: Maker's name; reverse of bust; marked; CERAMIC AND CRYSTAL PALACE ART UNION PUB. NOVEMBER 1869 COPYRIGHT RESERVED COPELAND L M. NOBLE SC. Parian (porcelain), slip-cast, height, 32.4 cm, length, 18.8 cm, width, 17.5 cm, length, base, 9.8 cm, 1869. Acquisition Credit: Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax from the estate of G. D. V. Glynn, and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum.

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Accession Number: C.954-2016
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
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Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2017:09:19 09:48:58

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