Bust of Henry Hatley (d. 1716).

 

An Aide Memoire.

Bust of Henry Hatley (died 1716).

Erected by his son George Hatley (d. 1742).

The bust here is very close to that of Alexander Pope by Peter Scheemakers of c. 1740. but without the waistcoat now at the Yale Centre for British Art. New Haven, Conn. USA.

Perhaps mid / late 1730's.

Over the South doorway of St Mary's Church Hunton, nr Maidstone, Kent.

Image courtesy John Vigor - facebook page historic churches.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10238417573916350&set=g.584528982020638

The bust of Henry Hatley is not mentioned in the Biographical Dictionary of British Sculptors.... pub. Yale, 2009.

Possibly by Peter Scheemakers??

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For Comparison

The Marble Bust of Alexander Pope.

Peter Scheemakers.

c.1740.

Ingrid Roscoe in Scheemakers - Walpole Society Journal, 1998 / 99, suggests this was the bust in the library in the collection of Dr Richard Meade, at 49 Great Ormond St. 

Sold Auction Sale - 11 March 1755, Lot 63, bought by General Campbell.

Scheemakers first known set of library busts was for Richard Mead, who ordered heads of Shakespeare, Milton and Pope for his home in Great Ormond Street, London around 1734.

with London dealer Cyril Humphris in 1972. Height 24".

Notes. A cast of a bust of Pope was sold in Scheemakers sale in 10 March 1756, Lot 21.

 A life size stone bust is in the Temple of English Worthies at Stowe - a part payment made to Scheemakers in Stowe Accounts 13 Dec. 1737 for an unspecified bust.

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1474

https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/alexander-pope-16881744-337743

see also my previous post for further versions of the busts of Pope

https://bathartandarchitecture.blogspot.com/2014_01_19_archive.html