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SM SDR14. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo: Art UK
Edward Hodges Baily RA (1788 - 1867), sculptor
This bust was previously attributed to Flaxman himself.
This bust was previously attributed to Flaxman himself.
Bust of John Flaxman, sculptor
Plaster cast
Height: 52cm
Museum number: SDR14
Not on display
Curatorial note
Although the earliest inventories of Soane's collection (1837) describe this as a self-portrait by Flaxman, it is in fact a plaster cast of a portrait bust of Flaxman by Edward Hodges Baily.
Literature
Helen Dorey ‘Soane and Flaxman’ in Flaxman: Master of the Purest Line, Exhibition Catalogue, Sir John Soane’s Museum 2003
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