The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 5280

Bronze statuette of Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy

Object details

Image size: h 7.1cm x w 9.6cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Mount: decorative embossed mount on an album page

Physical description: from the 'Amelina album'; there is a shadow of a print on the verso of the album page which includes a shadow of a Talbotype label

Inscription: in pencil, recto, on mount, Emmanuel Philibert; in ink, verso, on mount, Amelina; in turquoise ink, Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, Statue by Marrochetti [sic]

Owner: Private

Supporting images

This object is part of Schaaf no. 5280

Bronze statuette of Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy

Keywords: Sculpture Equestrian

This photograph depicts a reduced-size model of the statue of 'Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy' by Baron Marochetti (1805-1867).

The original bronze monument was commissioned by King Charles Albert of Savoy and is erected in the center of the Piazza San Carlo in Turin, Italy.

More information on the sculptor, Marochetti, can be found at the online resource, Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain & Ireland 1851-1951.