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Standing Virgin holding Christ Child
Founder: Turner, Alfred
Figure group. Plaster, treated with wax and toned with clay and shellac; integral rectangular base.
Given by Miss Jessica Turner through the National Art Collections Fund
Diameter: 12.9 cm
Height: 35.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1989) by Turner, Jessica
20th Century, Early
George V
Production date:
circa
AD 1921
: uncertain
Presumed to be a cast of the model for the silver group exhibited by Turner at the Royal Academy in 1912 (no. 1835), but it is shown as a work in progress in some photographs of Turner apparently taken and certainly published in the summer of 1921.
Treated With
composed of
wax
Toned With
composed of
clay
shellac
Casting (process) : Plaster, cast, treated with wax and toned with clay and shellac
Accession number: M.3-1989
Primary reference Number: 29446
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_3_1989
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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