Set of Eight Plaster Busts of Male Scholars.
Attributed to John Cheere.
Certainly the crispness of the casting, the shape of the panelled socle with the slightly convex front and the detail of the embroidery etc suggest the authorship of Cheere.
I am unaware of any signed Cheere busts.
Bronzed plaster; each on an integral shaped rectangular
socle; inscribed, some indistinctly, with the name of each sitter including
Milton, Swift, Dryden, Newton, Virgil, Cicero and Pope
The smallest: 15 ¾ in. (40 cm.) high.
The largest: 17 ½ in. (44.5 cm.) high.
Christie's 8 June 2021.
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6318845
The Bust of Milton.
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The Bust of Jonathan Swift.
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The Bust of Alexander Pope.
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Bust of Isaac Newton
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