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‘Kemble crowned by Melpomene’ [the Muse of Tragedy], c.1817
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John Flaxman (1755 - 1826), sculptor
‘Kemble crowned by Melpomene’ [the Muse of Tragedy], c.1817
Plaster relief, glazed
Height: 22cm
Width: 20cm
Depth: 2.5cm
Width: 20cm
Depth: 2.5cm
Museum number: BR27
Curatorial note
Bas-relief of two standing figures. The Muse, left, holds a mask under her right arm and is in the act of crowning Kemble, right, with a laurel wreath. As BR25 this is a cast of a relief on the vase presented to the great actor John Phillip Kemble on his retirement from the stage in 1817.
This small relief is in a frame glazed with yellow glass and set into the Breakfast Room chimneypiece (see also BR25, BR26).
This small relief is in a frame glazed with yellow glass and set into the Breakfast Room chimneypiece (see also BR25, BR26).
Literature
Helen Dorey ‘Soane and Flaxman’ in Flaxman: Master of the Purest Line, Exhibition Catalogue, Sir John Soane’s Museum 2003
Associated objects
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