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Cast of a misericord, Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey
Plaster cast
Museum number: M677
On display: Dome Area
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
Cast of a scene depicting the Nativity.
Interestingly the cast appears to be a single piece from the front but a screw through the verso demonstrates that the 'stable' with the nativity scene itself was made in a separate mould and the two sections then joined together.
Interestingly the cast appears to be a single piece from the front but a screw through the verso demonstrates that the 'stable' with the nativity scene itself was made in a separate mould and the two sections then joined together.
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