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Plenty and Love, pair of plaques
1788
Medium
enamel on copper
Measurements
(1) 15.4 × 10.0 × 0.7 cm (framed) (Plenty)
(2) 15.5 × 9.9 × 0.8 cm (framed) (Love)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Mr Peter Wynne Morris, Governor, 1998
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Inscription
(1) painted in brown l.r.: W: H: Craft· (af underlined) / 1788.
(2) painted in brown c.r.: W H Craft. / 1788.
Accession Number
1998.208.1-2
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited
Physical description
Pair of convex oval plaques painted with allegorical figures representing Plenty and Love:
(1) A young woman stands with her left foot on a stool and holds aloft a cup containing pearls, a watch and other items of value. She rests her right hand on a table near a lyre and a sheet of music inscribed with the national anthem and 'God Save Great / George our King'. On the right is a table with a vase draped in purple, and a crown and sceptre. She is dressed in a blue garment over yellow, and wears a purple scarf and bejewelled belt.
(2) A young woman wears a transparent veil over the upper part of her face, and carries a ruby ring. Nearby are a vase, a pair of doves and, on the ground, two books and a scroll resting on a basket of roses.