Portrait Plaques A to L

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The images with descriptions coloured Blue are not from the author's collection.

Black. Back filed but traces of usual 'BOIS DURCI' mark. Raised rim.

ABD-EL-KADR

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ALEXANDER II EMPEROR OF RUSSIA

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ARAGO, F

Brown. Bumpy back with reversed numbers: '272', '47' and '4'.

AUBER

Moulded with integral grooved rim. Back is dished with a rough surface. No markings. Mix looks coarser than usual. Engravers mark is a short twisted bar.

Plaque is inset into a rectangular Black marble slab. groove around edge is painted gold. No markings are visible as back is hidden.

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BEETHOVEN

BEETHOVEN

BEETHOVEN

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BEETHOVEN

Back rough with usual 'BOIS DURCI' mark. Gilded brass collar.

Same portrait as the plaque but seems to be the lid of the jar with the rim removed?

BERANGER, J. P.

BERANGER, J. P.

Back filed smooth. Raised rim.

BOSSUET

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BRIGHT

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From the same mould, but made in pressed wood.

BYRON

BYRON

   

CANU
The engraver of this series?

    

   

Carl XV of Sweden & Norway

    

Back has many fine criss-croosed lines with usual 'BOIS DURCI' mark and reversed '2' over '1' mark. No rim.

CAVOUR, CONTE CAMILLO BENSO

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CERVANTES, MICHAEL

Mounted with a brass collar. Back has standard 'BOIS DURCI' mark.

Machine turned back with usual 'BOIS DURCI' mark. No rim.

COBDEN

COBDEN

Back is engine turned with no markings. Surface is painted glossy Black over a medium Brown. Groove 1mm. from edge.

COMTE DE PARIS

Back filed with no markings visible. Groove 2mm from edge.

CORNEILLE

Usual textured back but no 'BOIS DURCI' mark, just a reversed '2'. Three circles (from mould) visible. No rim.

CUVIER, G

Late resin moulding with reversed 'T.I.S' within dished recess. Raised rim.

DANTE ALIGHIERI

Usual 'BOIS DURCI' mark. No rim.

DE LAMARTINE, A.

1859 below bust. Smooth back with florid 'BOIS DURCI' mark. No rim.

EUGENIE IMPERATRICE

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FAURE, FELIX

Smooth back with usual 'BOIS DURCI' and 1 over 2 marking, all faintly impressed. No rim.

FENELON

FRANZ JOSEPH I

    

   

FREDERICK VII, KING OF DENMARK

  

Younger portrait. Usual 'BOIS DURCI' marking. No rim.

Younger portrait with '1859' reference removed. back has usual 'BOIS DURCI' mark. No rim.

Older portrait. Usual 'BOIS DURCI' mark with reversed '2' over '1' mark. No rim.

GARIBALDI, GIUSEPPE

GARIBALDI, GIUSEPPE

GARIBALDI, GIUSEPPE

Plain back with no markings. Groove 2mm. from edge.

GLUCK

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GOETHE

    

   

HANDEL

Engine turned back with no markings. Groove 2mm. from edge.

HAYDN, J.

Smooth back with no markings. No rim.

ISABEL 2A REINA DE LAS ESPANAS

Usual 'Bois Durci' mark with reversed '1' mark. No rim.

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Late resin moulding with reversed 'T.I.S.' marking within a dished recess.

JESUS

JESUS

JESUS

Composition similar to Bois Durci but marked 'BETHLEEM' and gilded. Raised rim.

JESUS

Probably an S.I.T. plaque.

    

JOAN OF ARC

    

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KARL XV, KING OF SWEDEN AND NORWAY

   

L'ABEÉ DE L'EPEÉ

    

Leopold I, King of the Belgians

LEOPOLD I, KING OF THE BELGIANS

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LINCOLN

LINCOLN

Bumpy machine turned back with usual 'BOIS DURCI' mark. No rim.

Name erased. Surface painted White. Back has usual 'BOIS DURCI' mark. No rim.

LORD BROUGHAM

LORD BROUGHAM

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LORD DERBY

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