Sunday 13 November 2016

The Busts of Jonathan Swift at the RDS. Part I - The Patrick Cunningham Bust

The Plaster Busts of Jonathan Swift.
at the Royal Dublin Society.
Part 1.
Patrick Cunningham.




































Drawing said to be of Swift by Isaac Whood (1688 - 1752).
Graphite on Paper.
37.2 x 26.7
Purchased 1907.

National Gallery of Ireland.

I suspect this isn't Swift given other depictions which show him with eyebrows of Dennis Healey proportions.
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Marble in the National Museum of Ireland










Jonathan Swift.
Marble Bust.
by Patrick Cunningham.
22cms tall.


Purchased in 1901 in London from a Miss AL Cousins.


National Gallery of Ireland.


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Wedgwood and Bentley bust of Swift.
c. 1780.

Unknown sculptor but based on the Cunningham Bust.

Height 19".

Sold Skinner Auctioneers of Boston, USA, Lot 40. - 12 January 2013.







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