Marble bust of Thomas Prior by John van Nost III

 

The Marble Bust of Thomas Prior (1682 - 1751).

by John Van Nost III.

RDS.

 

Founder and first honorary secretary of the Dublin Society.

Height 27"

Inscribed John van Nost 1760.

John van Nost was also the sculptor of the monument to Thomas Prior put up by the society in Christchurch Dublin in 1756.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Low resolution image of Mezzotint of Thomas Prior by

Charles Spooner.

published by Thos Sillcock Dublin 1752.

Inscribed Ex Mormore van Nost.

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