Hewetson in Rome (Part 9). Two unidentified men.

 Christopher Hewetson in Rome (Part 9).

An Unidentified man.

Christopher Hewetson.

Inscribed CH Fet.

Marble bust.

Sold Sotheby's 5 December 1995

Some Photographs from the excellent Paul Mellon Centre Photographic Archive.

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Called Welbore Ellis (1713 - 1802).?????

Bishop of Meath (1651 - 1734).

Note the Eyes and socle as the pair of Ashmolean Museum Busts.

I believe the attribution to Hewetson is correct but unless this is a posthumous bust I think it has been mis identified.

There are two possible candidates -

Both by Prosperi (but are perhaps the unfinished busts by Hewetson) 

 

Rev. T Watkins.  Bust. 1814. Exhib. RA, London, 775. Untraced.

Rev. R Harington. Bust. 1814. Exhib. RA, London, 776. Untraced. (a bust of Harrington? noted in the Studio after he died.

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Anonymous Bust.

Currently No further information available.