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CHARLES THURSTON THOMPSON (1816-68)
Two candelabras
c.1853-5Albumen print | 18.0 x 22.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2369556
Photograph of a pair of sculpted candelabras (RCINs 31364.3 and 31364.4). The candelabra on the left shows a young male figure holding a staff, a female figure and a putti seated on a hound-like creature, holding the leash of another hound-like creature. The candelabra on the right shows a middle-aged male figure, a young female figure and a putti.
Creator(s)
Charles Thurston Thompson (1816-68) (photographer)
18.0 x 22.5 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Home economics
- Furniture & accessories
- Furnishings
- Lighting Devices
- Candle holders
- Candelabra
- Candle holders
- Lighting Devices
- Furnishings
- Furniture & accessories
- Home economics
- Putti
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Plastic arts
- Sculpture
- Plastic arts
- Science, Medicine and Technology
