AN ENGLISH WHITE MARBLE BUST OF WILLIAM PITT THE YOUNGER
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AN ENGLISH WHITE MARBLE BUST OF WILLIAM PITT THE YOUNGER

WORKSHOP OF JOSEPH NOLLEKENS, (1737-1823), CIRCA 1810

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AN ENGLISH WHITE MARBLE BUST OF WILLIAM PITT THE YOUNGER
WORKSHOP OF JOSEPH NOLLEKENS, (1737-1823), CIRCA 1810
Unsigned, on a white marble socle
28½ in. (72.5 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

Nollekens and his workshop are said to have produced over seventy replicas of this celebrated bust. Pitt refused to sit for the artist, so the likeness is taken from his death mask in 1806. The busts, sold at £120 each, and provided Nollekens with a steady income.
See Aileen Dawson, Portrait Sculpture, A catalogue of the British Museum Collection c.1675-1975, British Museum Press, 1999.

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