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Attributed to Henry Weigall, British, 1800-1882, a white marble bust of Arthur Wellesley, 1st...
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Attributed to Henry Weigall, British, 1800-1882, a white marble bust of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), modelled in Classical robes, on an associated socle, 78 cm high; together with a sectional alabaster pedestal column, 107cm high (2)
Lot Footnotes
Note: This bust type was long attributed to the sculptor Joesph Nollekens but is now thought to be by Henry Weigall, a sculptor who produced several busts of Wellington and is known to have had sittings with the duke. There are six examples of this bust type recorded and the best-known version is in the Government Art Collection. Another version is in an English collection and is inscribed and dated 1852, which suggests that Weigall returned to this bust type later in life and reproduced on-demand carved likenesses of a younger Wellington.
Weigall was born in St James’s in 1800 and was initially a gem engraver. He was a member of the Royal Society of Arts and exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1837 and 1854. In 1856 Weigall and his wife Selina emigrated to Australia where he dies in 1882.
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