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Left and right, a boy holding a candle. Centre, the circumcision being carried out by three people: on the left a man holds Jesus's foot, in the centre a priest holds the knife, and on the right a bald man holds Jesus's left hand and supports his back. In the background, Saint Joseph (left) and the Virgin (right) are shown in very shallow relief

1 sculpture : plaster, coloured, circular ; diameter of plaster approximately 6 x approximately 5.5 cm + 1 frame (carved and gilded with symmetrical scrollwork, glazed with glass, with suspension hook at top)

The circumcision of Christ. Plaster sculpture.

Inscription on verso redesignates the sitter as Dr James Price, the alchemist of Guildford, i.e. James Price M.D., F.R.S., of Guildford, Surrey (1752-1783), who in 1782 claimed to have converted mercury into silver and gold

1 sculpture : plaster relief ; silhouette 3.5 x 3.2 cm

James Price, the alchemist of Guildford, in profile. Relief sculpture.

Comparative anatomist, palaeontologist, and educational reformer of prodigious energy. Renowned posthumously for, inter alia, the weight of his brain (64 oz.)

1 sculpture : plaster ; plaster height 76 cm

Georges-Léopold-Chrétien-Frédéric-Dagobert, Baron Cuvier. Plaster bust by P.-J. David d'Angers, 1838.

A.E. Durham. Plaster relief.

1 sculpture : plaster ; sight 26.5 x 27 cm

Peter Squire. Plaster relief.

1 sculpture : plaster ; plaster 15.2 x 11.7 cm

St Paul. Plaster bas-relief after Jean Warin II.

Alfred Russel Wallace. Plaster relief by A. Bruce-Joy.

1 sculpture : plaster ; plaster 8.5 x 7.5 cm

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The circumcision of Christ. Plaster sculpture.

James Price, the alchemist of Guildford, in profile. Relief sculpture.

Georges-Léopold-Chrétien-Frédéric-Dagobert, Baron Cuvier. Plaster bust by P.-J. David d'Angers, 1838.

A.E. Durham. Plaster relief.

Peter Squire. Plaster relief.

St Paul. Plaster bas-relief after Jean Warin II.

Alfred Russel Wallace. Plaster relief by A. Bruce-Joy.

John Rae. Plaster relief.

Samuel Christian Friedrich Hahnemann. Plaster by P.-J. David d'Angers, 1837.

Samuel Johnson. Plaster relief.

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The circumcision of Christ. Plaster sculpture.

James Price, the alchemist of Guildford, in profile. Relief sculpture.

Georges-Léopold-Chrétien-Frédéric-Dagobert, Baron Cuvier. Plaster bust by P.-J. David d'Angers, 1838.

A.E. Durham. Plaster relief.

Peter Squire. Plaster relief.

St Paul. Plaster bas-relief after Jean Warin II.

Alfred Russel Wallace. Plaster relief by A. Bruce-Joy.

John Rae. Plaster relief.

Samuel Christian Friedrich Hahnemann. Plaster by P.-J. David d'Angers, 1837.

Samuel Johnson. Plaster relief.

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