Francis Legatt Chantrey (1781-1842), ENGLISH, DATED 1825

Sold for £13,200 at Sotheby's on Dec 9, 2005.

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Lot description

FRANCIS LEGATT CHANTREY (1781-1842), ENGLISH, DATED 1825 A MARBLE BUST OF A YOUNG MAN ENGLISH, DATED 1825 measurements note bust: 54.5cm., 21 1/2 in. socle: 12.7cm., 5in. signed and dated: CHANTREY. SC. / 1825 PROVENANCE Sold Christie's, 9 April 1987, lot 84 NOTE The bust does not appear to be listed in the Chantrey Ledgers nor can a match be found in Graves' list of Royal Academy exhibits. A possible match might be Sir Sandford Graham (1788-1852), see the pencil drawing in the National Portrait Gallery, NPG 316a(58). The truncation of the present bust, relatively unusual without drapery, is closest to the bust of Mountstuart Elphinstone in plaster at the Ashmolean Museum. RELATED LITERATURE Chantrey Ledger, Walpole Society, 1991/92, p.208, no.185b; Penny, vol.3, p.233, no.705

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