Lot 232

PLASTER BUST OF ROBERT STEVENSON, AFTER SAMUEL JOSEPH
19TH CENTURY




Auction: Five Centuries: 15 November 2023 From 10:00
£882
Description
marked to the back 'S JOSEPH SCULP./ EDINR 1827'; on an ebonised fluted column
Dimensions
Bust 54cm high; column 117cm high, 42cm diameter
Provenance
Provenance: Stevenson Collection
Footnote
Note: Robert Stevenson, FRSE, FGS, FRAS, FSA Scot, MWS (Scottish 1772–1850) was a civil engineer, designer and builder of lighthouses. His works include the Bell Rock Lighthouse. This is a copy of a marble bust of Stevenson by Samuel Joseph RSA (British 1791 – 1850), commissioned in July 1824 by the Northern Lighthouse Board.



