The Busts of Jonathan Swift at the RDS. Part I - The Patrick Cunningham Bust

The Plaster Busts of Jonathan Swift.

at the Royal Dublin Society.

Part 1.

Patrick Cunningham.

Drawing said to be of Swift by Isaac Whood (1688 - 1752).

Graphite on Paper.

37.2 x 26.7

Purchased 1907.

National Gallery of Ireland.

I suspect this isn't Swift given other depictions which show him with eyebrows of Dennis Healey proportions.

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Marble in the National Museum of Ireland

Jonathan Swift.

Marble Bust.

by Patrick Cunningham.

22cms tall.

Purchased in 1901 in London from a Miss AL Cousins.

National Gallery of Ireland.

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Wedgwood and Bentley bust of Swift.

c. 1780.

Unknown sculptor but based on the Cunningham Bust.

Height 19".

Sold Skinner Auctioneers of Boston, USA, Lot 40. - 12 January 2013.

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