Lot Essay
C.f. Paul Atterbury, The Parian Phenomenon, fig.664, p.202 for an example of this bust
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A parian bust of Professor Wilson
by W.H. Kerr & Co., Worcester, after the original sculpture by James Fillons, the long-haired professor modelled looking slightly to his left, drapes about his shoulders, set on a circular-section socle -- 11¼in. (29cm.) high, circa 1855
by W.H. Kerr & Co., Worcester, after the original sculpture by James Fillons, the long-haired professor modelled looking slightly to his left, drapes about his shoulders, set on a circular-section socle -- 11¼in. (29cm.) high, circa 1855