attributed to Robert Town
Henry VIII
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the sculpture
This bust, attributed to Robert Town (active 1756-1767), is made of the local seams of cannel, a fossilised material resembling jet, found in the coal seams near Wigan, Lancashire. A portrait medallion of Henry VIII in cannel coal of about 1755, also attributed to Town, is in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 35-1870
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum: the museum's own open data · fetched 6 days ago
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
