Bath, Art and Architecture

Monday, 15 February 2021

Busts of Sappho and Antoninus Pius and Other Plaster Statuary by John Cheere at Burton Constable, Yorkshire.

Sappho, Antoninus Pius and other Plaster Statuary. by John Cheere. at Burton Constable House, Yorkshire. The gilding is 19th century This ...

Chippendale Bracket supporting a Bust.

A Drawing attributed to Thomas Chippendale the Elder. recently purchased by the Chippendale Society. This excellent Rococo drawing posted ...

18th Century Carved Busts on American Furniture

18th Century Carved Busts on American Furniture I have posted in some depth on this subject and hopefully will collate all the information ...

Saturday, 13 February 2021

Charles Stanley the Monument to Humphrey Smith, Ely Cathedral

This post Under Construction. The Monument to Humphrey Smith. by Charles Stanley. Cloisters - Ely Cathedral. Designed and erected by John S...

Friday, 12 February 2021

Jonathan Tyers Marble Bust Roubiliac

Jonathan Tyers (1702 - 67). Louis Francois Roubiliac. Marble Bust. Redux. I have previously posted on the busts of Tyers but with the di...

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