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AN ENGLISH BRONZED PLASTER BUST OF WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE
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AN ENGLISH BRONZED PLASTER BUST OF WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE

CAST FROM A MODEL BY ALBERT BRUCE-JOY, CIRCA 1882

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AN ENGLISH BRONZED PLASTER BUST OF WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE
CAST FROM A MODEL BY ALBERT BRUCE-JOY, CIRCA 1882
Depicted with head turned slightly to dexter, wearing tie, waistcoat and doublet, the reverse indistinctly inscribed 'A. Bruce Joy/A.D.'
32 in. (81 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

This bronzed plaster bust appears to be a cast of Albert Bruce-Joy's successful bronze memorial statute to Gladstone in St. Mary's Churchyard, Bow, London, commissioned by Theodore H. Bryant and unveiled on 9 August 1882 by The Rt. Hon. Lord Charlingford.

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