
Unknown, Gilded frame for Sir David Wilkie RA 'Boys digging for Rats'.
650 mm x 588 mm x 60 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: Prudence Cuming Associates Limited.
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Gilded frame for Sir David Wilkie RA 'Boys digging for Rats'
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RA Collection: Art
Title
Gilded frame for Sir David Wilkie RA 'Boys digging for Rats'
Frame made by
Object type
frame
Dimensions
650 mm x 588 mm x 60 mm
Collection
Royal Academy of Arts
Object number
03/3091
Styles
British 'Nazarene' frame
Finish
Original water gilding
Ornament
Flowered back edge; running husk-&-bead on top edge; gothicizing low-relief diapered frieze with leaf paterae in corner cassettes; beading; enriched flutes with acanthus leaf corners.
Features
Exceptionally well-preserved gilding
Original corner ornament convergence
Unusual ornament
Cross-section
Bolection with inlay
Alteration
No
Status
Original