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Thomas Banks RA (1735 - 1805), sculptor
Cast of a bas relief, ‘The Grief of Achilles’
Plaster cast
Height: 91.4cm
Width: 121.9cm
Width: 121.9cm
Inscription: Scratched / stamped into the verso: Published by J. Cochrane / for ... [? a short indecipherable word that looks a bit like Piccrd or Riccrd] Novr. 1810
Museum number: SC29
On display: Tivoli Recess (pre-booked tours only)
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
For many years this piece was considered to be the original plaster model by Banks for the finished marble now in the Victoria and Albert Museum. However, when it was taken down for an exhibition in 2005 a stamped inscription was found on the verso confirming that it is in fact not a preparatory model but an early cast.
In 2015 this relief was reinstated in its original position in the recreated Tivoli Recess as part of Phase 2 of Opening up the Soane.
In 2015 this relief was reinstated in its original position in the recreated Tivoli Recess as part of Phase 2 of Opening up the Soane.
Exhibition history
Thomas Banks 1735-1805: Britain's First Modern Sculptor, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 21 January - 9 April 2005
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