Live Auction 21607The Ann & Gordon Getty Collection: Volume 4 | Chinese Works of Art, English and European Furniture and Decorative Arts, Day Sale
A PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN TINTED-WAX 'TURKISH' FIGURES
Lot 675

A PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN TINTED-WAX 'TURKISH' FIGURES

MID-19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF HENRIETTA WADE

Closed23 October 2022

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A PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN TINTED-WAX 'TURKISH' FIGURES
MID-19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF HENRIETTA WADE
Depicting a lady and a gentleman in Turkish costumes under glass domes on wooden bases with bun feet, printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
9 1/2 in. (24 cm.) high, 8 in. (20 cm.) diameter, the domed cases

Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 2 November 1994, lot 75.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.

Specialist note

A similar pair of wax figures exists portraying William and Sarah Siddons in Turkish costume, which were modelled by Henrietta Wade (1789-1851; E.J. Pyke, A Biographical Dictionary of Wax Modellers (Supplement), 1981, pl. 292A and dust jacket illustration). A group of 'Turkish' wax figures by the same maker were sold from the Private Collection of Jayne Wrightsman, Christie's, New York, 14 October 2020, lot 24.