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SM SDR21.24. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo: Justin Piperger
John Flaxman RA (1755 - 1826), sculptor
Self-portrait of the sculptor John Flaxman as a boy
Oval plaster cast set in a wooden mount and in a wooden glazed frame.
Inscription: A Plaister cast / from a medallion / of John Flaxman / modelled by himself / when a boy - for - / Mr. Wedgwood
Inscription note: The inscription is in the hand of Maria Denman, John Flaxman's sister-in-law from whom Soane acquired this work.
Inscription note: The inscription is in the hand of Maria Denman, John Flaxman's sister-in-law from whom Soane acquired this work.
Museum number: SDR21.24
Not on display
Literature
Helen Dorey ‘Soane and Flaxman’ in Flaxman: Master of the Purest Line, Exhibition Catalogue, Sir John Soane’s Museum 2003
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