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Lot Essay
Sir John Rous, 1st Earl of Stradbroke, was born in 1750. He was M.P. for Suffolk from 1780 until 1796, when he was created Baron Rous of Deddington. It was not until 1821 that he was created Viscount Dunwich and Earl of Stradbroke, six years before his death in 1827.
Nollekens, who was born in 1737, studied and worked in Rome for the decade 1760-70, and then returned to England, where his dominance of the field of sculpture - and especially of portraiture - was complete. He was made A.R.A. in 1771 and R.A. in the following year, and was a regular exhibitor at the Academy until 1816. After his death in 1823, James Christie held a sale of the contents of his studio and his house on 3rd July of that year. It included casts of a number of his works, among them a bust of Lord Rous (his recent elevation unremarked) under Lot 66, sold on the premises on the first day, and located in the lower Work-Shop.
Nollekens, who was born in 1737, studied and worked in Rome for the decade 1760-70, and then returned to England, where his dominance of the field of sculpture - and especially of portraiture - was complete. He was made A.R.A. in 1771 and R.A. in the following year, and was a regular exhibitor at the Academy until 1816. After his death in 1823, James Christie held a sale of the contents of his studio and his house on 3rd July of that year. It included casts of a number of his works, among them a bust of Lord Rous (his recent elevation unremarked) under Lot 66, sold on the premises on the first day, and located in the lower Work-Shop.