© Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
William Shakespeare
Artist: John Michael Rysbrack (1694 - 1770)
Location: Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Date: 1760
Materials: marble
Dimensions: 58 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £25,000 (Total: £307,260)
Review number: 3326 (1988)
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Provenance:
Commissioned by James West, Secretary to the Treasury, for Alscot Park, Warwickshire.
Description:
Portrait bust of William Shakespeare. On a marble socle with traces of a painted inscription 'Genio loci'. Signed and dated.
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