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Socles and settings: Roubiliac’s busts of George II and Viscount Ligonier
07/2021 | 1420 | 163
Pages: 607-610
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Author:
Baker, Malcolm (Baker, Malcolm)
Author:
Marsden, Jonathan (Marsden, Jonathan)
Subjects
artists:
Roubiliac, Louis François
dates:
1760-1769
media:
Sculpture / Busts / Portraits
patrons:
Ligonier, Viscount, John / George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760
subjects:
Socles / Interiors
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. The Long Room, 12 North Audley Street, London. (Photograph by A.E. Henson, 1925; Country Life).
Attributed works:
11. Chimneypiece in the Long Room, 12 North Audley Street, London. (Photograph by A.E. Henson, 1925; Country Life).
Attributed works:
5. John Ligonier, Viscount Ligonier, by Louis-François Roubiliac. c.1760–63, with socle added in 1830. Marble, height including socle 70.5 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © HM Queen Elizabeth II 2021).
Attributed works:
6. George II, by Louis-François Roubiliac. c.1760–63, with socle added in 1830. Marble, height including socle 78.1 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © HM Queen Elizabeth II 2021).
Attributed works:
7. The gallery of the staircase at Carlton House, London, by Charles Wild. c.1819. Watercolour and body colour on paper, 19.5 by 25.4 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © HM Queen Elizabeth II 2021).
Attributed works:
8. John Ligonier, Viscount Ligonier, by Joseph Nollekens, after Louis-François Roubiliac. c.1762? Pencil on paper mounted on card, 20 by 16.1 cm. (Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston).
Attributed works:
9. The bust shown in Fig.6, photographed with its original socle. Marble, socle 10 by 53 by 32 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © HM Queen Elizabeth II 2021).