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Relief, 'Caractacus before Claudius'. SM SC30. ©A.C. Cooper (Colour) Ltd
Thomas Banks RA (1735 - 1805), sculptor
Relief depicting ‘Caractacus before Claudius’
Terracotta
Height: 76.2cm
Width: 143.5cm
Width: 143.5cm
Museum number: SC30
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
In 2012 this relief was reinstated in its original position in the recreated Tivoli Recess as part of Phase 2 of Opening up the Soane. It sits within a deep niche in the panelling on the west wall.
Literature
Julius Bryant, Thomas Banks: Britains first modern sculptor (exhibition catalogue, Sir John Soane's Museum, 2007), cat entry p.26-27
Helen Dorey 'Soane and Banks' in Julius Bryant, Thomas Banks: Britains first modern sculptor (exhibition catalogue, Sir John Soane's Museum, 2007), p.18-19
Helen Dorey 'Soane and Banks' in Julius Bryant, Thomas Banks: Britains first modern sculptor (exhibition catalogue, Sir John Soane's Museum, 2007), p.18-19
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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