Parian bust of Ophelia, Copeland

An image of Bust. Ophelia. Copeland, England, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent. Marshall, William Calder, sculptor (British). Crystal Palace Art Union, distributor, England, London. Inscriptions: Name; front of socle; marked; CRYSTAL PALACE ART UNION; Organisation distributing works of art (often parian ware) on a subscription fee basis. Factory mark; reverse of bust; impressed; OPHELIA/W.O MARSHALL RA SCULPT/COPELAND; title of bust, name of sculptor of original bust, and name of manufacurer. Label; on underside of socle; hand-written in pencil; 428; rectangular white paper stick-on label. Parian (porcelain), slip-cast, height, 28.5 cm, length, 14.3 cm, width, 11.2 cm, length, base, 9.5 cm, after 1859. Victorian.

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Bust. Ophelia. Copeland, England, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent. Marshall, William Calder, sculptor (British). Crystal Palace Art Union, distributor, England, London. Inscriptions: Name; front of socle; marked; CRYSTAL PALACE ART UNION; Organisation distributing works of art (often parian ware) on a subscription fee basis. Factory mark; reverse of bust; impressed; OPHELIA/W.O MARSHALL RA SCULPT/COPELAND; title of bust, name of sculptor of original bust, and name of manufacurer. Label; on underside of socle; hand-written in pencil; 428; rectangular white paper stick-on label. Parian (porcelain), slip-cast, height, 28.5 cm, length, 14.3 cm, width, 11.2 cm, length, base, 9.5 cm, after 1859. Victorian.

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Accession Number: C.939-2016
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/45.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1365 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 70.80kB
Exposure time: 1/250
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 45/1
Captured: 2017:06:06 11:10:34

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