The Louis Francois Roubiliac (1703 - 62) Busts of the Poet Paul Whitehead (1710 - 74).
Two versions were in the sculptor's posthumous
sale, 12-15 May, 1762, being lots 14 of the first day and 15 of the third day.
Paul Whitehead wrote the epitaph on the 1749 monument to the Duke of Argyle (d. 1743) in Westminster Abbey by Roubiliac.
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The Bust of Paul Whitehead sold Christie's, London, Lot 142, 4 July 1989.
The image below courtesy the Paul Mellon Photographic Archive.
