Nathaniel
Entry ID
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102 (03/02/2022)
Formal title of the work
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Nathaniel
Description of the sculpture
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Bronze portrait bust of a young boy with cropped, wavy hair looking downwards.
URLs where this is recorded/available
Type of object
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Bust – Portrait
Base
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No base
Dimensions
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Height: 32 cm
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Depth: ? cm
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Width: ? cm
Materials
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Bronze
Specific techniques used
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Casting
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Patination
Overall colour
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Monochrome – brown
Does the Black person have a specific identity?
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Anonymous: specific individual but not currently identifiable
Role within sculpture
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Main protagonist
Gender
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Male
Age
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Child
Status
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Free citizen
Clothing
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No clothes included (head)
Evidence of enslavement
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None
Evidence of 'exotic' status
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None
Action or activity
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Not relevant (head)
Emotional state
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Indeterminate
Focus of gaze of Black person
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Looking downwards
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Eyes half-shut
Sculptural context
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No location included/implied
Sculptor
Period of production
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Twentieth century (1900-1999)
Original purpose
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Unknown
Original display setting
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Unknown
Current owner
Current / most recently known location
Accession number
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1973.225.GR
Current rights holder
License terms for reuse
http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/149, . (no date) ‘Nathaniel’, Black People in European Sculpture, accessed May 5, 2025, http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/878
