The Pleiades
Created by Emmeline Halse
Object class: sculpture
Object type: High relief
Technique: high relief, painted
Description: The plaster relief depicts seven female figures in a dynamic arrangement moving as if in a dance. They are naked though flowing draperies encircle their forms adding to the sense of movement. According to classical mythology the Pleiades were the daughters of Atlas, who after dying of grief, were recreated as the small group of seven stars situated in the constellation Taurus familiarly known in astronomy as the 'Pleiades'.
Painted plaster relief (exact type of surface decoration to be established)
Dimensions: H:1090mm x W:855mm x D:190mm
Information submitted by Stephanie de Roemer, Sculpture Conservator, Glasgow Museums. This work is in the museum's collection and is currently undergoing conservation (October 2016).
Exhibitions and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1887
Cat. no. 1887
Citing this record
'The Pleiades', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/object.php?id=ann_1477913604, accessed 26 Sep 2023]
