Joseph Wilton
Design for an Octagonal Marble Plinth Standing on Four Turtles
About this artwork
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artist:Joseph Wilton (1722 - 1803) English
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title:Design for an Octagonal Marble Plinth Standing on Four Turtles
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date created:About 1775 - 1785
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materials:Brown ink and grey wash on paper
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measurements:17.40 x 8.20 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased by the Patrons of the National Galleries of Scotland 1990
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accession number:D 5186
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Joseph Wilton
Joseph Wilton
The eldest son of an entrepreneurial London plasterer and proprietor of an ornamental manufactory, Wilton enjoyed an unusually privileged Continental training as a sculptor. In 1739 he entered the workshop of Laurent Delvaux in Flanders before learning to carve statuary marble in the Paris studio...