The Monument to Thomas Coke, Earl of Leicester (1759) and Lady Leicester (1775).
of Holkham Hall, Norfolk.
The Busts by Louis Francois Roubiliac.
The monument is inscribed by Charles Atkinson of London, fl.1750-70.
at Tittleshall, Norfolk.
Photographs by the author taken in very low light.
Roubiliac uses the same form of the outer drapery on the bust of Lord Leicester as his busts of Charles I at the Courtauld and the Fordham Marble bust of
Shakespeare now in the Folger Library Washington DC. USA.
Charles Atkinson was
responsible for carving chimneypieces and other works at Holkham - his yard was
in Leadenhall Street, City of London (London Directory 1768).
Not to be confused with William Atkinson ( -1766) who had premises between Brick Street and Down Street at Hyde Park Corner.
