Portrait of Voltaire

• Reference:GB 1694 GST/6
• Dates of Creation:Early 20th century-mid 20th century
• Name of Creator:
  Not available / given
• Physical Description:
  1 item

• Scope and Content

  Plaster bust after one of several "seated Voltaire" sculptures completed by the workshop of Jean Antoine Houdon in the late 18th century.

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  The plaster bust is coated in layers of a yellowish-gold colored material, likely shellac. These layers suggest that the bust was used by J Giusti & Co as a positive form from which subsequent moulds were taken.
  
  Dimensions: 270 x 210 x 145 mm

• Related Material

  GSAA/ISE/5/8 (Catalogue of Casts for Schools from 1922 shows an equivalent cast)

• Additional Information

  Published

• Subjects

  Portraits

  Sculpture

  Teaching materials

  Casts (sculpture)