FDA-Sc.81-2017
Parts
Object number
FDA-Sc.81-2017
Object type
Identification
Title
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Description
Sculpted bust of of a young man with short hair, clean shaven, wearing an open shirt; on a plinth
Other number
FDA-A.403-2014
FDA-A.158-2010
FDA-A.158-2010
Description
Content (person)
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792 - 1822 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 720mm
width (actual size): 390mm
depth (actual size): 230mm
width (actual size): 390mm
depth (actual size): 230mm
Inscription
Signed and dated with incised inscription on verso: 'WWS / Romo 1870'
Materials & techniques note
Marble
Production
Person
Story, William Wetmore, 1819 - 1895 (Sculptor)
Date
1870
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Possibly purchased in Rome by Thomas Gold Appleton (1812-1884) of Boston [brother-in-law of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow] in the 1870s; by descent to his sister, Mrs Mary Mackintosh (née Appleton; 1813-1889); by descent to her daughter, Miss Eva Mackintosh (1843-1935); by whom left to residuary legatees Mrs Luard and Lady Evangeline Farrer of Abinger Hall, Dorking; by whom presented to Eton College in 1938
Exhibited: On long term display in the Museum of Eton Life, Eton College
Exhibited: On long term display in the Museum of Eton Life, Eton College
