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Sculpture: S0030
Title
William Shakespeare
Technique
Plaster
Subject
Artist
Date
c.1806
Dimensions
Height: 55cm
Width: 45cm
Depth: 22cm
Width: 45cm
Depth: 22cm
Other materials
Socle 11.5 x 23 diam.
Inscription/signature
“SHOUT” (verso, base of support)
Provenance
Presented to the Garrick Club by Thomas F. Savany, 1834, or George Raymond, 1835, or John Poole, 1836
Other number
Gift 7, 18 or 33
S0030 is a copy of a marble bust at Windsor Castle which relates closely to the documented busts of Shakespeare by Scheemakers. Frederick, Prince of Wales, gave busts of Milton, Spencer, Shakespeare, and Dryden, all by Scheemakers, to Alexander Pope. There are busts of Shakespeare, Locke, Homer, Cicero, and Milton by Scheemakers in Trinity College, Dublin. However, the stamp on the verso of S0030 indicates that the bust was produced by the Shout firm, which was active from 1778 to 1827 and was well known for producing plaster casts. In 1806 they made a series of plaster busts for Lord Bridport's library; Shakespeare would have been included. Another series of busts was provided for Salters's Hall in 1827; they were destroyed in 1940.
