Bust of Isaac Ware

Datec. 1741

Object PlaceLondon, England, British Isles, Europe

MediumMarble

ClassificationsSculpture

Dimensions20¼ x 18 1/8 x 9 7/8 in.
51.5 x 46.0 x 25.2 cm
new socle: height,: 5½ in.
14.0 cm
plinth: height x diameter,:
40 1/8 x 11 3/4 in.
102.0 x 30.0 cm
column: height,: 4 3/4 in.
12.0 cm
lower square plinth: height,: 2 3/4 in.
7.0 cm

Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, Henry Ford II Fund, New Endowment Fund, and funds from A. Alfred Taubman

Object number1987.75

Description
White marble bust with the head turned to the proper left and tilted slightly. The pupils of the eyes are incised. The sitter wears a large cap with a tassel and a shirt, with clearly delineated button holes, open at the collar; the loose coat is buttoned at the top.

On View

On view

Locations

Exhibition Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 3, European Sculpture & Decorative, Gallery 6

ProvenanceDescribed in the 1773 inventory of Sir John Ingilby, Ripley Castle, Yorkshire; by descent to the family of Sir Thomas Ingilby, Ripley Castle, Yorkshire, until 1987.