Count Jospeh Borowlaski (1739–1834)
Samuel Percy
1798 · Colored wax and glass; frame: wood · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
The subject is Count Joseph Borowlaski (1739–1834), the celebrated Polish dwarf resident in England from 1782. Though only 39 inches tall, he was perfectly proportioned.
- Artist
- Samuel Percy
- Date
- 1798
- Medium
- Colored wax and glass; frame: wood
- Culture
- British, London
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- The Glenn Tilley Morse Collection, Bequest of Glenn Tilley Morse, 1950
