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A MARBLE BUST OF MARCUS AURELIUS
BY FRANCIS HARWOOD (FL 1748-1769) ENGLISH, DATED 1764
Truncated at the shoulders, the head turned to his right, wearing a toga tied with a clasp, signed 'M. AVRELIVS' on the front and 'F. Harwood Fecit 1764' on the reverse (chips to back, old repairs to socle)-24in. (61cm.) high, on a black and yellow-veined marble socle, with mahogany pedestal
BY FRANCIS HARWOOD (FL 1748-1769) ENGLISH, DATED 1764
Truncated at the shoulders, the head turned to his right, wearing a toga tied with a clasp, signed 'M. AVRELIVS' on the front and 'F. Harwood Fecit 1764' on the reverse (chips to back, old repairs to socle)-24in. (61cm.) high, on a black and yellow-veined marble socle, with mahogany pedestal