Classic Design Including Property of the Marquess of Anglesey
Classic Design Including Property of the Marquess of Anglesey
The Property of the Marquess of Anglesey from the Private Apartment at Plas Newydd
Two painted polychrome decorated plaster figures of George III, circa 1820
Lot Closed
April 11, 01:14 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
the taller with a wooden cane by Francis Hardenburg (fl. 1783-1832), the base impressed 'Publisd May 8, 1820 / By F Hardenberg, 19 Mount St, London'; the other statuette after Lucius Gahagan (1773-1855), the base indistinctly marked, lacking a cane
31cm. high; 30¼in.
29cm. high; 11¼in.
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Possibly Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768-1854).
Hardenberg's figure of George III was produced in the May of 1820, to commemorate the King shortly after his death. It shows a younger George III, as he would have appeared in the early years of the 19th century. For another cast of the same in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 4383), see David Saywell; Jacob Simon, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p.241.
For the smaller figure see an example signed L. Gahagan, sold, ‘Simon Sainsbury, The Collection of an English Arcadia’, Christie's, London, 18 June 2008, lot 146. There is an extant trade card of Gahagan's in the British Museum, (Banks Collection D,2.1324), advertising 'Sculpture. The Nobility and Gentry are most respectfully informed, that the only Bust to which His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of all the Russias, ever condescended to sit, is on View at the Sculptor's Study, 12, Cleveland Street... L. Gahagan will attend from Twelve... May 15, 1815.'