FDA-Sc.79-2017
Parts
Object number
FDA-Sc.79-2017
Object type
Identification
Title
Charles Fox Townshend
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Painted papier mache bust of a man
Other number
FDA-A.340-2013
Description
Content (person)
Townshend, Charles Fox, 1795 - 1817 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 540mm
width (actual size): 430mm
depth (actual size): 260mm
width (actual size): 430mm
depth (actual size): 260mm
Dimension note
Height not including plinth
Inscription
The bust formerly sat on a wooden pllinth with the painted inscription: 'In Testimony of the Gratitude which is felt by the Eton Society for the exertions of its founder Charles Fox Townshend NA June 28 1795. OB April 2 1817'
Materials & techniques note
Painted papier mache on wooden plinth
