Lot 363: WORKSHOP OF JOSEPH NOLLEKENS (1737-1823), ENGLISH, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

WORKSHOP OF JOSEPH NOLLEKENS (1737-1823), ENGLISH, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY A BRONZED PLASTER BUST OF LORD GEORGE AUGUSTUS HENRY CAVENDISH, 1ST EARL OF BURLINGTON (OF THE SECOND CREATION) (1754-1834) wearing a mantle, two white labels inscribed in black ink: Lord George Cavendish 1 st Earl of Burlington 68cm., 26¾in.

The Duchess of Devonshire, Chatsworth -The House, London, 2002, p. 151, illustrated in the Lower Library

The original marble, from which this plaster cast is taken, is referred to in The Handbook p. 121, in the State Dining Room: "The bust of Canning is by Chantrey; and those of Francis Duke of Bedford, my Father, and Lord George Cavendish, are by Nollekens."

For information on the sitter please see the next lot.