Half-length portrait of an unidentified young man
Wax modeller: Percy, Samuel
Half-length portrait of an unidentified young man. Wax coloured flesh pink, pale red, buff, brown and black. The young man is almost full face, looking slightly to the viewer's right. He wears a stock, a buff waistcoat with gold buttons, and a black jacket with gold buttons. The oval ebonized wood inner frame, set in a rectangular gilt wood frame with a glass front, which has blackened spandrels, each painted in gold with a stylised flower head, and a wavy gold line round the edge of the oval inner frame.
History note: Sotheby's, 3rd June 1958, lot 125
Bequeathed by Edward Joseph Pyke
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1996) by Pyke, Edward Joseph
19th Century, Early#
George III (Regency)
Production date:
circa
AD 1819
: probably c.1819
Frame composed of wood (plant material) Depth 5.6 cm Height 32 cm Width 29 cm
Accession number: M.13-1996
Primary reference Number: 30394
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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