Bath, Art and Architecture

Monday, 16 February 2026

The Plaster Busts of Caracalla and Marcus Aurelius at the Foundling Hospital Museum.

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  Slight return. This post is inspired by conversations with Lars Tharp curator and Museum Director of the Foundling Hospital Museum. It is ...
Monday, 9 February 2026

The Bust of the Countess of Pembroke and the bust of Princess Amelia at the Fitzwilliam Cambridge both by Roubiliac.

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  This post to be expanded upon in due course! The Busts of Countess of Pembroke at Wilton House and Princess Amelia in the Fitzwilliam Muse...
Thursday, 5 February 2026

A very fine Marble Relief by William Collins in Bath Abbey.

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  some notes -  to be expanded upon in due course. The Good Samaritan tending to a wounded man while a Priest and Levite walk away. A Marble...
Wednesday, 4 February 2026

A Carved Wooden Bust of William Shenstone (1714 - 63)

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