AN ENGLISH WHITE MARBLE PORTRAIT BUST OF A GENTLEMAN, by Samuel James Bouverie Haydon, with head turned slightly to dexter, draped all'antica, on a moulded socle, signed and dated S. I. B. HAYDON, 32 GRAFTON ST. EAST LONDON, 1842, first half 19th Century

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AN ENGLISH WHITE MARBLE PORTRAIT BUST OF A GENTLEMAN, by Samuel James Bouverie Haydon, with head turned slightly to dexter, draped all'antica, on a moulded socle, signed and dated S. I. B. HAYDON, 32 GRAFTON ST. EAST LONDON, 1842, first half 19th Century
31 3/8in. (79.6cm.) high

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Samuel James Bouverie Haydon (1815-1891) was born in Exeter, and originally trained to be a lawyer before studying sculpture under E.H. Bailly. He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1840 and 1876, specializing in both historicizing groups and portrait busts.

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