| Accession # |
1995.98.1 |
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Artist |
Daniel Chester French
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Manufacturer |
Robinson & Leadbeater
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Publisher |
Clark, Plympton & Company
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| Title |
Joe's Farewell |
| Date |
Designed 1872-1873 |
| Medium |
Unglazed porcelain |
| Dimensions |
9 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 5 9/16 in. (24.1 x 19.1 x 14.1 cm) |
| Marks |
On front of base, cast incised: "DOLLY VARDEN AND JOE WILLETT / JOE'S FAREWELL" |
| Signed |
Incised on rear of base, right: "D.C. FRENCH" |
| Credit Line |
Gift of Benno Bordiga, by exchange |
| Location |
Visible Storage: Case 32, Shelf L (Sculpture)
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| Description |
Realistically rendered figural group based on "Barnaby Rudge" by Charles Dickens (published in England in 1841). Stepped oval base, the top of which is modeled as a tile floor on an incline. Two figures in 18th-century clothing in foreground: at left, a woman with head cast downward and fretting the bottom edge of her apron in her hands, at left, a young man holding his cap at his chest with proper right hand and his proper left hand behind his back. The couple stands in front of a blacksmith's fireplace with a firebox at table height and tools in the fire; above this on the chimney, keys and padlocks are hung and on the shelf on the left side of the chimney is a Toby jug. Left of the fireplace is a stump with an anvil and hammer on it. On the floor are padlocks, a hammer and a traveler's bundle.
Condition: Handle of hammer on floor and handle of traveler's bundle missing. Blind crack runs from rear right base through center of base, with a small chip on corner of base at this crack. Fine horizontal crack on female proper right angle. Crack along proper right side of male neck, filled with a resin. |
