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Cherub head, early 19th century
Plaster, cast or modelled
Museum number: X67
On display: Shakespeare Recess
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
These cherub heads seem to have been commissioned by Soane to decorate his Shakespeare Recess. It is not known whether they were specailly modelled or whether they are casts from an unidentified original. Two can also be found in the Monk's Parlour.
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