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Parian bust of an unknown lady, possibly Venus or Psyche

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An image of Bust. Unknown lady, possibly Venus or Psyche. Unknown manufacturer. Inscription: maker's name; reverse of bust; marked; P. STEFAN SC 1850. Parian (porcelain), slip-cast, height, 24.2 cm, length, 14.3 cm, width, 12 cm,
length, base, 8.7 cm. Acquisition Credit: Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax from the estate of G. D. V. Glynn, and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum.

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Bust. Unknown lady, possibly Venus or Psyche. Unknown manufacturer. Inscription: maker's name; reverse of bust; marked; P. STEFAN SC 1850. Parian (porcelain), slip-cast, height, 24.2 cm, length, 14.3 cm, width, 12 cm, length, base, 8.7 cm. Acquisition Credit: Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax from the estate of G. D. V. Glynn, and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum.

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  • Accession Number: C.1018-2016
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/45.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Sam Cole
  • Image height: 1365 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 63.00kB
  • Exposure time: 1/250
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 45/1
  • Captured: 2017:07:04 11:12:31

Key words

19th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC _WF_OPAC_pending Aphrodite British School bust ceramics English female Fitz_AA goddess gods hair hairstyle mythological mythology parian parianware porcelain Psyche sculpture slip cast slipware socle studio ceramics Venus white woman young young woman youth youthful

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