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PETER ROUW Peter Rouw was an Anglo-Dutch artist, sculptor and engraver who worked for Matthew Boulton during his lifetime and for his Soho business in Handsworth after his death. Famous for his fine wax and bronze portraits and medallions, he first exhibited at the Royal Academy, London in 1794 and continued to exhibit right up to his death in 1852. Numerous comparable examples of his work can be found in the National Portrait Gallery, London, including James Watt, William Pitt and Charlotte Augusta Matilda, Princess Royal.

A REGENCY GILT-METAL PROFILE PORTRAIT RELIEF DEPICTING MATTHEW BOULTON

MODELLED BY PETER ROUW (1771-1852), EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A REGENCY GILT-METAL PROFILE PORTRAIT RELIEF DEPICTING MATTHEW BOULTON
MODELLED BY PETER ROUW (1771-1852), EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Inscribed around the edge "MATTHAEUS BOULTON ESQ. R. F.R.S. LN. & ED. F.R.I> &A.S."and below the truncation "MODELED BY ROUW PUBLISHED BY THOMAS_OM"; under glass and in a gilt-metal frame and rectangular ebonised surround with suspension hoop
3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) diam.; 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) overall

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