VICTORIAN PLASTER BUST OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND MAHOGANY PEDESTAL
19TH CENTURY
£630
Auction: Day 1 - Wed 14th May from 10am | Lots 1 to 313
Description
the bust inscribed on the reverse '31 Union St. Dundee'; the pedestal with a turntable top and carved square tapered sides on a plinth base
Dimensions
Bust 73cm high; pedestal 102cm high, 39cm wide
Provenance
Property from an Edinburgh estate
Footnote
This bust is most likely based on the bust by Scheemakers in Westminster Abbey, made during the Shakespeare revival in the 18th century. The earliest known example of the present model in the Wren Library, Cambridge.