Ⓦ A WELL CARVED AND PAINTED HEAD FROM A MANNEQUIN, PROBABLY ENGLISH 19TH CENTURY
Ⓦ A WELL CARVED AND PAINTED HEAD FROM A MANNEQUIN, PROBABLY ENGLISH 19TH CENTURY
formed of three pieces of wood, the face realistically carved including ears, painted in polychrome (trimmed at the forehead and at the back to fit a helmet, areas of worm); and another mannequin head, of composite material
27.0 cm; 10 5/8 in high
Property from the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020)
Part proceeds to benefit The Wallace Collection
This bears a strong resemblance to heads carved for the Line of Kings in the Tower of London and perhaps originates from the time of Dr Samuel Rush Meyrick's reorganisation of the Line in 1826. See Borg 1976, pp. 317-332, plate LXXX (c).
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Ⓦ A WELL CARVED AND PAINTED HEAD FROM A MANNEQUIN, PROBABLY ENGLISH 19TH CENTURY
formed of three pieces of wood, the face realistically carved including ears, painted in polychrome (trimmed at the forehead and at the back to fit a helmet, areas of worm); and another mannequin head, of composite material
27.0 cm; 10 5/8 in high
Property from the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020)
Part proceeds to benefit The Wallace Collection
This bears a strong resemblance to heads carved for the Line of Kings in the Tower of London and perhaps originates from the time of Dr Samuel Rush Meyrick's reorganisation of the Line in 1826. See Borg 1976, pp. 317-332, plate LXXX (c).
