Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Joseph Nollekens, 1737–1823, British
Title:
Portrait of a Man, Probably Lord Granville Leveson-Gower, first Earl Granville (1773-1846)
Date:
1810
Materials & Techniques:
Marble
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 inches (73.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated by chisel on supporting column on back of bust: "Nollekens Ft. 1810."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1983.12
Classification:
Sculptures
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
man | statesman | diplomat | portrait | earl | drape
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Acquisitions : The First Decade 1977-1986, Yale Center for British Art , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1986, p. 21, no. 66, N590.2 A7 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Duncan Robinson, Acquisitions : The First Decade 1977 - 1986, , Burlington Magazine, vol. 128, October 1986, p. 21, no. 66, N1 B87 128:3 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Ingrid Roscoe, A biographical dictionary of sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2009, p. 909, no. 299, NB496 B56 2009 (YCBA) (Wall Shelf 3) Yale electronic resource also available online: Orbis

Royal Academy of Arts, Exhibition Catalogue. 1811. 43d, Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, no. 43, B. McMillan, London, 1811, p. 43, no. 941, N5054 A53 v. 2 (YCBA)

Angus Trumble, The Marble Bust, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2004, no. 9, V 1304 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1493