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Cast of a breastplate or cuirass
Plaster cast
Museum number: M456
On display: Sepulchral Chamber
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
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Curatorial note
This cast, of unknown provenance, is of a breastplate enriched with repoussé work depicting two griffins attacking an Amazon. This cast was acquired by Soane with other items from John Flaxman’s collection in the 1830s.
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