A VICTORIAN CARVED MARBLE BUST OF A LADY
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A VICTORIAN CARVED MARBLE BUST OF A LADY

ATTRIBUTABLE TO RICHARD WESTMACOTT THE YOUNGER (1799-1872), MID-19TH CENTURY

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A VICTORIAN CARVED MARBLE BUST OF A LADY
ATTRIBUTABLE TO RICHARD WESTMACOTT THE YOUNGER (1799-1872), MID-19TH CENTURY
With a resemblance to Emily Bronte, inscribed with monogram 'R.W.' to reverse
21 ½ in. (54.5 cm. ) high
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Although only signed with a monogram, the style is similar to other works of Westmacott, as is the style of the signature. 
There is a resemblance to the portrait of Bronte in the N.P.G. (c.1833, NPG 1724), namely the long nose and the centrally-parted shoulder length hair.  However mid-Victorian portrait sculpture tended to present an idealised version of the sitter, occasionally to the detriment of likeness and furthermore Westmacott is not recorded as executing a bust of Bronte.

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