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Portrait Bust of Stephen Ardesoif, Esq.
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.
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Provenance
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Charles Huggins, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase (?); Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
United Kingdom, London (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
75.13