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A REGENCY PAINTED PLASTER BUST OF HOMER

FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE ANTIQUE

Details
A REGENCY PAINTED PLASTER BUST OF HOMER
FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE ANTIQUE
With old repairs
28 in. (71 cm.) high
Provenance
The O'Grady family, Kilballyowen, Co. Limerick, Ireland.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

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Lot Essay

Such plaster busts of luminaries were a fashionable addition to every Regency library. Perhaps the most celebrated supplier of 'statuaries, masons and plaster figure makers' was the firm of Benjamin Shout and his son Robert (fl. 1778-1823), who operated from a studio and spacious showrooms at 18 High Holborn. Of Leigh Hunt's studio, Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote: 'His room no doubt Is still adorned by many a cast from Shout'.

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