A 20thC Lifesize Painted Plaster & Silk Theatre Prop Model of an Acrobatic Clown by Mark Thompson sub-Decorative Objects ’Samuel John Carter was born

’Samuel John Carter was born in 1835 in the Keeper’s Cottage of the Manor House in Dunham

The question of whether to leave well alone or try to restore to a more ‘original’ state is an intriguing quandary

but as this example is nineteenth-century

The Welsh flag was granted official status in 1959

The idea of having this picture hanging on a wall and never knowing what lurks beneath the layers of dirt

A 20thC Lifesize Painted Plaster & Silk Theatre Prop Model of an Acrobatic Clown by Mark Thompson sub-Decorative Objects ’Samuel John Carter was bornOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Late 20thCProvenance: Doctor Dolittle, London Apollo TheatreDate: c. 1998Height: 58"Depth: 31Width: 48 (all approximate and at extremities)The unique and expertly crafted life size theatre prop of an androgynous acrobatic clown with auburn bunned hair, hand painted in composition plaster, fibreglass and multi coloured silks, the whole hanging from a large orange hoop, with a white painted face with red and black highlights to a