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Tortoise

Baron Carlo Marochetti, RA (Turin 1805 – Passy, Paris 1867)

Kingston Lacy © National Trust Images/James Dobson
Kingston Lacy © National Trust / Simon Harris

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Category

Art / Sculpture

Date

1853 - 1855

Materials

Bronze

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Collection

Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset

NT 1255562.1

Summary

Sculpture, bronze; a tortoise; Carlo Marochetti (1805-1867); 1853-55. One from a series of sixteen bronze tortoises modelled by the sculptor Baron Carlo Marochetti, after a pet Greek or spur-thighed tortoise, owned by William John Bankes. They were commissioned by Bankes for use as supports for marble urns carved by Bartolomeo Barini in 1851-52, for display on the terrace at Kingston Lacy.(NT 1257624.1-4).

Provenance

Beqeathed to the National Trust in 1982 as part of the estates of Corfe Castle and Kingston Lacy by Henry John Ralph Bankes (1902-1981).

Makers and roles

Baron Carlo Marochetti, RA (Turin 1805 – Passy, Paris 1867), sculptor

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Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset (15384)

Periods

19th Century (251160)

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Baron Carlo Marochetti, RA (Turin 1805 – Passy, Paris 1867) (59)

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