Description
Rouw was a highly successful wax modeller who, in 1807, was appointed "Sculptor & Modeller of Gems and Cameos" to King George III.
In the catalog of the Great Exhibition of 1851, Peter Rouw is listed as having exhibited a "medallic portrait, in wax, of Stephen Ardesoif, Esq." (See Royal Commission, "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851: Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue," vol. II: p. 839) It is not known if the Walters wax is the one exhibited.
A similar example can be found in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Their portrait was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1819.