FDA-Sc.97-2020
Parts
Object number
FDA-Sc.97-2020
Object type
Identification
Title
Portrait Medallion of an Unidentified Man; possibly Cicero or Caesar
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Cast of a sculpted head; in three-quarter profile; relief portrait
Comments
Late Victorian photographs show this work and the similar portrait medallion, with which it forms a pair, on display on the north wall of the Head Master's Room, within the Upper School building. The room was described in 1886 as 'full of pictures of Athens and Rome' [see: St Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine For Young Folks, Volume 14, 1886, pp.196-197]. However, in 1940, a bomb destroyed the north wall of the Head Master's Room. It may be that the medallions were recovered from the debris.
Other number
FDA-A.174-2013
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 460mm
width (actual size): 370mm
width (actual size): 370mm
Material
plaster
Physical description
After the antique, on oval back. Unidentified sitter, clean shaven
Production
Date
19th century
History and association
Associated object
FDA-Sc.96-2020 (one of a pair)
