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    "localId": "31973",
    "label": "Figure of Shakespeare",
    "core": "obj",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.850"
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    "id": "31973",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.850",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Figure of Shakespeare",
    "description": "This figure was modeled after the statue of 1741 by Peter Scheemaeckers (1691-1781) which is in the Poet's Corner at Westminster Abbey.  Other historical figures produced by Derby include Milton, William Pitt, and George III.",
    "provenance": "George Robinson Harding, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1758-1765",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.850",
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    "language": "en",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
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            "units": "cm",
            "width": 29.1,
            "height": 16.8,
            "depth": 11.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 11 7/16 × W: 6 5/8 × D: 4 5/8 in. (29.1 × 16.76 × 11.68 cm)"
}

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