bust of Lord William Bentinck (1774-1839) English school, early 19th century

together with a plaster bust of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius when a boy, an English cast of the eye of Michaelangelo's David by Domenico Brucciano, a further Brucciano plaster of parts of the face of a sculpture, and an impression of an Assyrian intaglio in plaster

Overall condition of the plasters is good. Wear consistent with age and handling. Dirt throughout. Large Bust has several chips and minor nicks to the edges of the base, hair, proper left cheek and nose. Bentwick Bust is scratched throughout and has a large loss to proper right side of head, chips to right ear, forehead, nose and edges of truncation. Eye of David has some scratches, chips to edges of relief and brow. Other Moulding has some scratches to edges and highs of the reliefs. The area of plaster around the impression in the Intaglio has some slight rubbing.
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Lord William Bentinck was the cousin of the 6th Duke of Devonshire being the son of Lady Dorothy Cavendish and her husband the 3rd Duke of Portland. He grew up partly at Burlington House which was rented and then bought by his father from the 5th and 6th Dukes. Lord William entered the army and after service in the Penninsular War was appointed to a command in Sicily where he tried to enact a liberal constitution circa 1814. He later was appointed Governor-General of Bengal.