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SM L42. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo: Justin Piperger
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Attributed to John Bacon the Elder RA (1740 - 1799)

A small figure of Neptune riding on a dolphin

18th century

Terracotta

Height: 20cm
Width: 18.5cm
Depth: 15cm

Museum number: L42

Not on display

Curatorial note

This small figure was probably a preparatory model for a larger, as yet unidentified, sculpture.


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