Portrait of General James Wolfe [object]
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Portrait of General James Wolfe [object]
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Notice descriptive Portrait of General James Wolfe [object]
Date :ca. 1800-1830.Référence :R12395-0-9-E, Numéro de volume : 1Genre de documents :Objets (incluant les médailles et épinglettes)Trouvé dans :Archives / Collections et fondsNo d'identification :3793977Date(s) :ca. 1800-1830.Lieu de création :Royaume-UniÉtendue :1 sculpture : wax relief miniature ; 19.5 x 15.5 cm in frame.
Cadre 19.500 x 15.500 cm
Image 13.000 x 9.000 cmLangue du document :anglaisPortée et contenu :Item is a wax relief miniature sculpture representing a particular portrait type for General James Wolfe. This posthumous portrait type, based within a popular eighteenth-century medium that had gained a reputation for accessible realism, may have been marketed in order to satisfy a public demand for portraits of signficant citizens, during the late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries.Provenance :Nom(s) additionnel(s) :Information additionnelle :Attributions et conjectures :Sculpture has been attributed to Patience Lovell Wright (not proven and very unlikely), The Royal Ontario Museum version of this representation has been attributed to Isaac Gosset and to John Charles Lochee (not proven and unlikely). See Behold the Hero : General Wolfe & the arts in the eighteenth century by Alan McNairn (1997; p.192), A photograph of a version of this representation was published in Portrait Waxes, by D.R. Reilly (1953; p. 141). Reilly ascribes the wax to John Charles Lochee (not proven and unlikely)Historique de la conservation :Sculpture was purchased from the book dealer Harold L. Medjuck in 2008. The sculpture was, in turn, acquired by Medjuck through an e-bay auction based in the United Kingdom.Note des copies/versions :Similar sculptures/versions of this representation exist in the collections of the Royal Ontario Museum and at Quebec House (UK).Signatures et inscriptions :Inscribed, verso (handwritten; ink): Gen. Wolf. / By The American Modeller / Mrs. Pattence Wright, / 18th Cent. (underlined)Vedette-matière :Source :Privé -
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To be viewed with the assistance of the Portrait Gallery of CanadaVolume [R12395] 1[Consultation Ouvert]Modalités d'utilisation :Credit line: Library and Archives Canada, archival reference number R12398-1, e010689808
Copyright: Expired
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