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Small-scale version of the 'Hercules Hesperides'
Plaster cast on mahogany stand
Museum number: M1144
On display: Staircase - adjacent to the Picture Room, ground floor to basement
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
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This is a plaster version of a celebrated antique bronze which was in the British Museum from 1805. It is displayed on an unusual circular mahogany stand which must have been designed by Soane.
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