FDA-Sc.1-2017
Parts
Object number
FDA-Sc.1-2017
Object type
Identification
Title
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Description
Bust of Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet
Other number
FDA-A.481-2016
Description
Dimensions
height (bust): 435mm
width (bust): 265mm
depth (bust): 215mm
height (base): 185mm
diameter (base): 300mm
width (bust): 265mm
depth (bust): 215mm
height (base): 185mm
diameter (base): 300mm
Materials & techniques note
Painted plaster
Physical description
On Wooden base
Production
Person
Hunt, Marian Leigh- (Sculptor)
History and association
Associated object
FDA-A.318-2013 (copy after original)
Object history note
Intended for the grave of Shelley in Rome, but rejected. Originally owned by Robert Browning, sold at Browning sale in 1913. Bought for Eton by Shaune Lesley in c.1938.
