The 17th and 18th Century Busts of Oliver Cromwell. Part 3. Marble Bust of Cromwell in the Government Art Collection.

The 17th and 18th Century Busts of Oliver Cromwell (1599 - 1658). 

Part 3. 

An Anonymous Marble Bust of Oliver Cromwell 

in the Government Art Collection.

Oliver Cromwell

Marble Bust

Anonymous

Provenance        With Arcade Gallery; from whom purchased by the Ministry of Works in January 1949

      height: 61.50 cm, width: 52.00 cm, depth: 31.00 cm

Inscription on base: OLIVER CROMWELL / ANGLIAE &C &C / PROTECTOR

  Purchased from Arcade Gallery, January 1949

Location               British Embassy (The Hague, Netherlands)

Goverment Art Collection.

Another excellent but anonymous bust of Cromwell in the Government Art Collection

They say 18th Century.

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Another Bust of Cromwell in the Government Art Collection.

Oliver Cromwell

Joseph Wilton (1722 - 1803).

c.1762

    Marble bust

height: 75.00 cm, width: 58.00 cm.

Provenance: With Montague Marcussen Limited; 

from whom purchased by the Ministry of Works in April 1947

     

Inscription           S&Ins verso: I. Wilton F:t

Current Location Cabinet Office, 70 Whitehall (London, UK).

Government Art Collection