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Portrait relief in coloured wax. Half-length figure in profile to the left, showing a girl of about eight or nine years of age with long dark brown hair bound with a ribbon. She wears a high waisted pale blue dress with a black sash, and round her neck a full white scarf. Slate background.
In circular frame of repoussé metal showing a concave moulding bordered on the outside by a band of formal foliage and on the inside by a band of raised dots.
In circular frame of repoussé metal showing a concave moulding bordered on the outside by a band of formal foliage and on the inside by a band of raised dots.
Title
An Unknown Girl
Date
1802
Medium
Wax
Accession number
A.17-1934
Acquisition method
Bequeathed by Mr Anstie Guthrie
Work type
Sculpture
Victoria and Albert Museum
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