Plaster cast medallions after Bertel Thorvaldsen from “Opere di Thorwaldsend.” Studio of Pietro Paoletti. ca. 1865. Mounted on paper-lined tray and housed within faux bookbinding. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund. Source: Sculpture Victorious (2014 exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut) [Click on image to enlarge it.]
Bibliography
Sculpture Victorious: Art in the Age of Invention, 1837-1901. Eds. Martina Droth, Jason Edwards, Michael Hatt. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2014.
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