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Browse all works in the Marochetti Collection Search All Collections   Please Select... AFF Verdi Saint Kneale Joy Warner SheetMusic Marochetti Collins Draper Goodman Gori DFleischmann Marco Piero Gower PWJ Catalogue entry   Title: Prince Albert Artist: Baron Carlo Marochetti   This reduced but not miniature bronze reproduces the marble bust which was based on a model produced from the life by Marochetti in 1848/49. A sand cast bronze it still bears the rough edges where the two sections of the mould joined. These have not been removed by the ciseleur. What was probably a more finished bronze of this bust was shown in the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace. A reporter for the Morning Chronicle (15 Sept.1851), in a survey of the bronzes at the exhibition, described it as "a dignified resemblance, retaining the utmost fidelity".  Material(s): Bronze Medium: Unassigned Finish: - Technique: Cast Genre: Portrait Bust Colours: Year: 1849 Height: 0 metres Width: 0 metres Depth: 0 metres Key: 2173 Acc. No.: 2173 Col. No.: 2173 Number of views: 2870

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