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John Wesley Livingston (1835-1897)
Glass plate negative 1874
Wet collodion negative | 12 x 16.6 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2400578

John Wesley Livingston (1835-1897)
Glass plate negative 1874
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5"x7" glass plate negative of two terracota busts of Edward III (WC Sculpture no.192) and Philippa of Hainault, Queen of England (WC Sculpture no.193). They were displayed in the Grand Vestibule, Windsor Castle about 1880.
Of the eleven terracotta busts that Rysbrack completed for Queen Caroline’s library at St James’s Palace only three survive: Edward the Black Prince (RCIN 37067), Edward VI (RCIN 53346) and Queen Elizabeth I (RCIN4 5101). The others were destroyed, and this one partially damaged, in 1906 when the shelf on which they stood collapsed. The busts had been moved to the Orangery at Windsor Castle in 1825 when Queen Caroline’s library at St James’s Palace in London was demolished. -
Medium and techniques
Wet collodion negative
Measurements
12 x 16.6 cm (whole object)