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Bust of George Basevi (1794-1845) | |
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Title/s | Bust of George Basevi (1794-1845) |
Maker/s | Mazzotti, T.I. probably |
Category |
sculpture |
Name |
bust |
Description | Bust. Plaster, cast. |
Production Notes | Probably by T.I. Mazzotti from an unknown original, or made up from a cast of Basevi's head from the life taken by Mazzotti. The only Mazzotti listed in Thieme-Becker is Pellegrino Mazzotti who died at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire c.1870 aged 85. |
Production Place | England (country) () |
Technique Description | plaster, cast |
Dimensions | height: width: |
Period | 18th-mid 19th century |
Date | before 1853 |
Provenance | given: Smith, Mr 1853 (Filtered for: Applied Arts collection) Given by Mr Smith |
Documentation |
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Other Notes | See letter from W.H. Marmorek and Associates, dated 4th April 2000 concerning a proposed memorial to Basevi, with appended, a Catalogue of his works by D.M. Collins, September 1994, and a xerox of Arthur T. Bolton, 'Architectural Education a Century Ago, Being an Account of the Office of Sir John Soane, R.A., Architect of the Bank of England, with Special Reference to the Career of George Basevi, his pupil, Architect of the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge', London, Sir John Soane Museum, 19?? (no date given). |
Accession Number | M.2-1853 (Applied Arts) |
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