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[Statuette of a naked woman], 18--? / H. Rieder
[Statuette of a naked woman], 18--? / H. Rieder
About this item
Full title
Date
18--?
Call Numbers
R 812 , Status: On display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 3, Shelf 45
Record Identifier
Reference Code
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Physical Description
Contents
1 statuette - approx. 25.5 x 10.5 cm. (figure) ; 6.6 x 6.6 cm. (plinth)
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Physical Access Conditions
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Issue Copy
Digitised
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Statuette displaying female form, of plated brass, that is affixed to a square brown-green coloured marble plinth. The female figure, gilt in colour, has her hair pulled up, and holds her left breast with her left hand.
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Statuette of a naked woman], 18--? / H. Rieder
Notes
General note
Attempts to trace the statuette's provenance are inconclusive.
Miss Jean Arnot, former Head Cataloguer at the Mitchell Library, believed that the figure was removed from the David Scott Mitchell Collection of Erotica around 1942. From this date to 1959, the statuette was housed in the office of the Principal Librarian, Public Library of New Sou...
Signature / Inscriptions
Engraved at back of brass stand, "H. Reider"
Date note
Undated
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D. S. Mitchell, 1907
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
R 812 , Status: On display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 3, Shelf 45
Record Identifier
YEGmj3Pn
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Other Identifiers
Reference code
442328
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