Wednesday 28 February 2024

Hewetson (Part 29) Charles Townley


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Charles Townley (1737 - 1810.

Christopher Hewetson.

Marble Bust.

British Museum.

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1995-0402-1


Sold by Christie's 8th June 1939, lot 80 from the collection of MH Townely, Third Lord O'Hagen.


These are the best photographs currently available from the BM. website.





















Images below from -

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bust_of_Charles_Townley_(1735-1805_CE),_by_Christopher_Hewetson,_Rome,_1769_CE._Collector_and_Trustee_of_the_British_Museum._It_is_housed_in_the_British_Museum,_London.JPG








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