Parian bust of Purity, by Matthew Noble

An image of Bust of Purity. Copeland factory, Staffordshire. Noble, Matthew, sculptor (British, 1818-1876). Bust of a young girl with her head turned to her right and tilted downwards. Her long wavy hair falls down on to her shoulders at the back, and she has a small lily on the right side of the drape over her right shoulder. Parian porcelain, slip cast, height, whole, 33.5 cm, circa 1869. Production Note: After the head of 'Purity', a full-length marble statue of 1859 by Matthew Noble (1818-1876).

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Bust of Purity. Copeland factory, Staffordshire. Noble, Matthew, sculptor (British, 1818-1876). Bust of a young girl with her head turned to her right and tilted downwards. Her long wavy hair falls down on to her shoulders at the back, and she has a small lily on the right side of the drape over her right shoulder. Parian porcelain, slip cast, height, whole, 33.5 cm, circa 1869. Production Note: After the head of 'Purity', a full-length marble statue of 1859 by Matthew Noble (1818-1876).

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Accession Number: C.11-1984
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 691 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 359.39kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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19th Century British School bust Copeland Factory English female Fitz_AA flowers girls hair lilies lily long hair long haired Matthew Noble parian porcelain purity sculpture slip cast slipware Staffordshire Pottery Victorian white young youth

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