Plaster Bust of Lord Chesterfield, British Museum.

 

 

 

Plaster Bust of William Dormer Stanhope

Fourth Earl Chesterfield

Louis Francois Roubiliac.

 

British Museum.

 

Purchased at the posthumous Roubiliac sale by Matthew Maty the biographer of Chesterfield - either lot 9 in second day's sale, 13 May 1762, lot 18 in third day's sale, 14 May 1762, or lot 20 in fourth day's sale, 15 May 1762.

Donated by Matthew Maty in 1762

 

The following photographs were lifted from the British Museum Website.

 

see - http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?searchText=Chesterfield&ILINK|34484,|assetId=480356001&objectId=31423&partId=1

 

Unfortunately the resolution and lighting are not very good, with the possible exceptions of the black and white images no's 4 and 5 below. I will endeavour to obtain better photographs in due course.

 

 

 

For an informative and in depth study of this bust see -

Portrait Sculpture A Catalogue of the British Museum Collction, 1675 - 1975, by Aileen Dawson pub.1999, British Museum Press.

 

Height 66.3 cms

Cleaned at the Victoria and Albert Museum 8 November 1951.

 

 

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