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John Flaxman RA (1755 - 1826), sculptor
Model of figure, ‘Resignation’
Plaster
Height: 58.4cm
Museum number: MRR14
Not on display
Model for the figure of "Resignation" executed in marble as part of a monument to Harriet, Lady Baring (d.1804) in Micheldever Church, Hants. Although the monument was executed 1809 a bas relief of the subject was exhibited in 1801 (see M217) and the final marble in 1809.
Helen Dorey ‘Soane and Flaxman’ in Flaxman: Master of the Purest Line, Exhibition Catalogue, Sir John Soane’s Museum 2003
M217, associated project
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