Edward Chapman Bird (1715 - 92) Marble Merchant.

 

Post under construction.

From the Getty Provenance Index.

"A Catalogue Of Part of the valuable Stock in Trade of Mr. Edward Chapman Bird, Marble Merchant, of Millbank, Westminster, a Bankrupt. Consisting Of Six Elegant Chimney-Pieces, composed of beautiful Marble, elaborately finished in the present Taste. 

Also Some fine Jasper, Brocatello, Sienna, and other curious Marble Slabs, Busts, Basso Relievo, &c. &c. 

Which will be Sold by Auction, By Mr. Christie, At his Great Room (late the Royal Academy) in Pall-Mall, on Monday, March the 18th, 1771."

Ref Sales Catalog Br-A861, 18 March 1771

 Lot 2.A lead Mercury, gilt.                     

Lot 3. A head of Venus, statuary marble.

Lot 4. A boy's head.                   

Lot 7. A figure of a fawn.                                         

Lot 8. A crucifixion in basso relievo.

Lot 9. The death of Lucretia, ditto [in basso relievo].   A very interesting lot which might refer to a now lost work by Louis Francois Roubiliac.