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Figure of Sir Charles Napier, white earthenware, crackle glaze standing on an oval plinth inscribed in gilt script. Figure almost entirely white and gilt in uniform of black shoes, white trousers, white jacket sash from left shoulder, medals on chest with pronounced fringed epaulettes and a gilt tasseled sword hanging from waist, holding a cocked hat in his right hand and a cloak in his left, naturalistically coloured face, grey hair. Cannon, supported on bricks, pointing upwards to the left partly behind figure's right leg, pile of shells underneath cannon.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 32478
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 1854 ca.
Acquisition
Bequest, 12/1/1995
Measurements
Height
(cm): 29.2
Length
(cm): 13.6
Width
(cm): 6.6
Height
(in): 11
Length
(in): 5
Width
(in): 2
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
Location
In store
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