George I, an Ivory Bust by David Le Marchand

 

An Exceptionally Large Ivory Bust of George I.

David le Marchand (1674 - 1726).

 

Circa 1714.

Victoria and Albert Museum.

 

Inscribed 'Le Marchand ad Viv. Scul.'

Height: 37.5 cm whole, Height: 25 cm bust alone, Height: 13.5 cm pedestal

Bought from Alfred Spero for £175, 12A Regent Street, London, in 1931. Previously sold Waring and Gillow, 26 October 1920, lot 1075 ('a unique contemporary carved bust of Louis XVI...on ebonised pedestal').

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

George I

Ivory relief by David le Marchand

ad vivum

British Museum.

 

see - http://english18thcenturyportraitsculpture.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/busts-of-william-iii-george-i-and.html

 

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Wax portrait of George I

Probably Isaac Gosset

Victoria and Albert Museum.

 

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Portrait of George I.

Engraving by Pieter van Gunst.

Published by Marrebeeck.

Dutch

Early Eighteenth Century

570 x 420 mm.

British Museum.