HIRAM POWERS (AMERICAN NEOCLASSICAL SCULPTOR 1805 -1873)
A WHITE MARBLE BUST OF W.H. CASSELLS
£6,214
Auction: 21 March 2007 at 11:00 GMT
Description
gazing to dexter, on tapering plinth base, inscribed to side 'HIRAM POWERS SCULP'
Dimensions
39cm wide, 61cm high, 26cm deep
Footnote
Note: Walter Richard Cassells, poet and critic of theology whose influential three-volume Supernatural Religion created a sensation in theological circles. He was also an avid collector, commissioning Powers to make the bust in 1868.
Provenance: Cairness House.