BY SIR FRANCIS CHANTREY, R.A., 19TH CENTURY

細節

AN ENGLISH PLASTER BUST OF THE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND
By Sir Francis Chantrey, R.A., 19th century
On an integral rectangular plinth, painted white, the reverse hollowed out
78in. (198cm.) high;
on a square sandstone socle -- 43in. (109cm.) wide, 24in. (61cm.) high
To be removed at the purchaser's risk and expense

來源

Supplied to George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland for Trentham Hall, Staffordshire.

注意事項

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

The plaster bust of George Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford and 1st Duke of Sutherland (d. 1833) is after the robed statue executed as a memorial to the Duke in 1833 from the noted sculptor and portrait-painter Sir Francis Chantrey, R.A. (d. 1841), and commissioned for the Cathedral church at Dornoch, Sutherland, by the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland (d. 1839) and George, 2nd Duke of Sutherland (d. 1861). The head was modelled on the marble bust commissioned from Chantrey in 1828 by Lord Farnborough for the British Institution (A. Yarrington et al., 'An Edition of the Ledger of Sir Francis Chantrey', Walpole Society, 1994, nos. 206b and 255a and fig. 129); while the drapery is likely to have been modelled by Joseph Theakston (d. 1842), who was in Chantrey's employ.