John Bacon the elder英国, 1740–1799Unknown elderly man
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维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆
倫敦, 英国
仍属馆藏，只是目前没有展出。
- 核实
- 8天前
- 此状态始于
- 2026年9月25日
- 出处
- 博物馆自己的馆藏数据
About the sculpture
The name of the sitter for this terracotta portrait bust of an elderly man is unknown, although it has recently been suggested that it could be a portrait of the prison reformer John Howard (1726-1790), whose monument John Bacon the Elder executed for St Paul's Cathedral (information supplied by Dr Sarah Burnage, University of York; October 2008). The work was attributed to Bacon when it was acquired by the Museum in 1868.
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John Bacon the Elder (1740-1799), a highly prolific and successful sculptor, one of his most celebrated works being the monument to Lord Chatham (Pitt the Elder) in Westminster Abbey. Bacon also designed sculpture to be made in Coadestone, an artificial stone which was widely used for garden and architectural sculpture in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. His son, John Bacon the Younger (1777-1859) was also a sculptor, and specialised in tombs using coloured marbles.
维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆
作品信息
- 馆藏编号
- 517-1868
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- 维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆: the museum's own open data · 8天前获取
- 图片： 维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆 — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
