Monday, 4 August 2025

Plaster Bust of George III at Paxton House.

 


George III.

Anonymous sculptor

Height 70 x W 49 x D 29 cm.

Paxton House, Berwick upon Tweed.

The turned socle would suggest a later 18th century cast.

Images here courtesy art uk website

The quality, size and detail of the embroidery on the coat suggest to me the workshop of John Cheere and a near contemporary to the bust by John van Nost III of 1767, (see below) or perhaps slightly later.


























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King George III,by John van Nost the Younger, 1767.

It is housed in the British Museum, London; lent by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

see -

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O75361/george-iii-bust-nost-john-van/