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Carter No.: 116

Handlist description: Wooden portrait figure of the King (mannequin ?)

Card/Transcription No.: 116-2


116 (Cont)


3. (cont) yellow of crown behind. Flesh i.e. face, neck and ears of brick red colour; on thin gesso. Eyebrows, eye frames and pupils black paint: white of eye in white paint, with red stippling in corners. Body from neck downwards painted white: this to represent a white linen garment(?). Also thin gesso.

Body cut off flat at hips, and arms just below shoulders. Must have been either a mannequin bust, or a tailor's dummy.

Treatment. Sprayed with celluloid in amyl acetate. Treated with melted paraffin wax.
Card no. 116-2 relating to Carter no. 116
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