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Lot 242

A Derby porcelain plaque by William Corden, circa 1825

23 June 2021, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Derby porcelain plaque by William Corden, circa 1825

Rectangular, painted with the 'Reclining Venus', the nude female figure wearing just a simple armband, outstretched on a bed beneath a crimson tasselled curtain, trees in the distance beyond, in a giltwood frame, plaque 11.4cm x 15.5cm, inscribed 'Painted W Corden' to the reverse

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William Corden was born in Derbyshire in 1797 and apprenticed at Derby in 1811, working there until sometime after 1825 when he left for London to establish himself as a portrait painter, exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1826. Most plaques by the artist are formal portraits where the subject is depicted before a distinctive red curtain. The subject of the present lot is most unusual.

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