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Object number

FDA-A.2144-2020

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Identification

Title

King Leopold Panel

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Carved pear wood panel dated 1988, rectangular form, with the coat-of-arms of Leopold the King of the Belgians and motto and dedication, the back signed and dated in black ink

Comments

The maker of this panel is the Michael Rust Studio, Kent, founded in 1986. It has built a reputation for ‘creating individual sculpture designs which are drawn and then carved, as well as lettering based mostly on the use of the broad edged brush or pen, before being transferred to the wood or stone and hand cut with chisel, mallet and gouge'.

The panel was commissioned in 1988 by the British Memorial Committee for Leopold III, King of the Belgians. The patron of the committee at that time was the late Major General The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, Kent.

Description

Dimensions

height (actual size): 450mm
width (actual size): 270mm

Inscription

Front carved with motto, below the coat of arms: ‘L'Union fait la force. EEndraght maart macht'; and below: ‘In memory of / His Majesty / Leopold III K.G. / King of the Belgians / Eton 1915-1919'; inscribed on reverse in black ink: ‘Michael Rust / Hastingleigh Kent / January 1988'; stamped ‘M.D.R.'

Material

pear wood

Physical description

Carved pear wood panel; of rectangular form, with the coat-of-arms of King Leopold III and motto and dedication, the back signed and dated in black ink

Production

Person

Rust, Michael (Designer)

Date

1988
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