Study of a seated chimpanzee
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
c. 1920
Materials
petrified wood, diamond
Measurements
65 mm (H)40 mm (W)45 mm (D)
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1247167.6
Summary
Petrified wood study of a seated chimpanzee, c.1920. The mottled grey and brown hard stone engraved to represent the fur, the eyes set with rose diamonds (one deficient), the arms folded in front of the body, one paw hanging loose below and trailing on the ground.
Provenance
The bequest of Margaret (Anderson) McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald - later Dame Margaret - Henry Fulke Greville, DBE (1863-1942) from probate records linked with the donation of the property to the National Trust in 1943. This item found on the record for Polesden Lacey miniatures and small objects in the strong room, page 120.
