IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 28434 accession number: M.5-2000 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 2 March 2022 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Sleeping fox. Terracotta. The fox is lying down with its tail curled around its left hind leg, and its head, ears pricked, resting on the ground. Its eyes are open. The shallow circular base has striations and tool marks on the top around the fox. A circle of brown felt is stuck to the underside. title: animal figure LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Paul Mellon Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/28434 SUBJECTS ------------------- Fox sleeping Fox sleeping CATEGORIES ------ category: sculpture DATING ------ creation date: 1840 - 1840 creation date earliest: 1840 creation date latest: 1840 culture: 19th Century, Mid# culture: Louis-Phillipe I CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: cm value: 28.5 dimension: Height units: cm value: 8.8 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Paul Mellon, A Cambridge Tribute