Wax head of Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury

An image of 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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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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Accession Number: M.6 & A-1816
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/45.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 677 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 108.98kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 45/1

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