Henrietta Pelham

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This bust of Henrietta Pelham forms a pair with that of her husband Charles (Msueum no. A.119-1929), whom she married in 1806. Both busts stand on their original wood plinths. A variant dated 1808 is at Brocklesby Park, Lincolnshire, the ancestral home of the Yaboroughs. The present bust may have been shown at The Royal Academy in 1810. Nollekens was a prolific sculptor of portrait busts and operated a thriving workshop in London. Many of his busts are in the classical style, with loose drapery and antique hairstyles. He spent eight years in Rome from 1762 to 1770, where he worked with Bartolomeo Cavaceppi restoring and copying antique marbles. One of these copies, his group of Castor and Pollux, is in the Museum's collection (Museum no. A.59-1940). Object history noteFrom the collection of Lord Yarborough. Sold together with seventeen other portrait busts by Nollekens at Christie's, 11th July 1929, lot 160; purchased by Messrs Alfred Spero and Kerin Ltd, 9 Clifford Street, New Bond Street, London for £37 16s. Purchased by the Museum with its contemporary pedestal from Messrs Alfred Spero and Kerin Ltd in 1929 for £37 16s.

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