Joanna of Navarre
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Joanna of Navarre
by Elkington & Co, cast by Domenico Brucciani, after Unknown artist
electrotype, 1875 (circa 1408-1427)
43 in. (1092 mm) high
Purchased, 1875
Primary Collection
NPG 398
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Artistsback to top
- Domenico Brucciani (1815-1880). Artist associated with 23 portraits.
- Elkington & Co. Artist associated with 22 portraits.
- Unknown artist. Artist associated with 6232 portraits.
This portraitback to top
This electrotype is a copy from the upper part of the alabaster figure of the queen on the double tomb with her husband, Henry IV, in Canterbury Cathedral. It is one of a series of electrotype reproductions of tomb effigies made for the National Portrait Gallery by Elkington & Co in the 1870s. An electrotype sculpture of this type is made by electro-deposition of copper onto a mould or cast of an object. The electrotype could then be patinated like bronze.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 338
- Strong, Roy, Tudor and Jacobean Portraits, 1969, p. 182
- Williamson, David, The National Portrait Gallery: History of the Kings and Queens of England, 1998, pp. 66&67
- Williamson, David, Kings and Queens, 2010, p. 64
Exhibitions and displays
- Queens and Consorts: Likeness in Life and Death
From 12 June
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On display on the Medieval Stairs at the National Portrait Gallery
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