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Four Marble Busts

Artist: studio of John Michael Rysbrack (1694 - 1770)

Location: Dorset County Museum

Materials: marble

Dimensions: 72 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £3,500 (Total: £8,400)

Vendor: Christie's

Review number: 2847 (1980)

Provenance:
Shaftesbury family, Wimbourne, sold by Christie's on 26.6. 1980 (lots 12, 3 and 13).

Description:
Four busts: 1) Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (main illustration) 72.5 cm 2) Anthony Ashley Cooper, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury 81 cm 3) Cropley Ashley, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury 76 cm 4) John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, Lord Chancellor 72 cm.

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