Joseph Addison

Details

SIR HENRY CHEERE (LONDON 1703-1781 LONDON), CIRCA 1740
Joseph Addison
lead bust; on a later ebonised wood square socle
22 7/8 in. (58.1 cm.) high; 27 ¾ in. (70.5 cm.) high, overall

Provenance

Anonymous Sale; Christie's, London, 2 July 1996, lot 189 (£12,650 inc. premium).

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
T. Friedman and T. Clifford, The Man at Hyde Park Corner - Sculpture by John Cheere (1709-1787), Leeds, 1974, no. 62, pl. 19.

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Lot Essay

The identity of the sitter and the authorship of this bust are both confirmed by the existence of a bronzed plaster on a smaller scale in the York Castle Museum, Kirkleatham (Friedman and Clifford, loc. cit.). Joseph Addison (1672-1719) was one of the great figures of 18th century London, an essayist and librettist, who contributed to The Tatler. He is best remembered as the founder and co-author (with Richard Steele) of The Spectator.

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