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The Townley Gallery (1836)

British Museum, Townley, Charles, 1737-1805 · London : C. Knight · leaf 77

An illustration from The Townley Gallery, 1836, leaf 77
63 TOWNLEY GALLERY. Room XI., on the Shelf No. 43. A small unknown Bust of a Boy. Bequeathed by R. P. Knight, Esq. Height, including the pedestal, fifteen inches five-eighths. An unknown Bust, twenty inches and one-eighth in height ; also bequeathed by the late R. P. Knight, Esq. Room VI. No. 54.… … A Head of a Female Child, eleven inches seven- eighths in height. The hair is divided into plaits, which are twisted into a knot on the back part of the head. Some of the red paint, with which the hair was originally coloured, is stifi visible. It was brought from Rome in 1785, and is probably a…

Townley, Charles, 1737-1805 · British Museum · Sculpture, Classical

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