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Sculpture. Head of Charles Talbot (1660-1718), Earl of Shrewsbury (1668), Duke of Shrewsbury (1694). Head, wax, cast, with applied hair eyebrows. In later wooden case with convex glass front. Height, whole, 26.0 cm, width, whole, 17.0 cm, depth, whole, 21.5 cm, circa 1718. Production Note: Possibly a model for a funeral effigy, or the head from a funeral effigy. English.
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