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Single Owner House Sale Lot 260

A PLASTER CAST OF THE HEAD OF DR SAMUEL JOHNSON after Joseph Nollekens

A PLASTER CAST OF THE HEAD OF DR SAMUEL JOHNSON after Joseph Nollekens, RA BY D BRUCCIANI & CO OR THEIR SUCCESSORS, 19TH C 33cm h, inscribed DR JOHNSON BY NOLLEKENS D BRUCCCIANI & CO LONDON 244, white paintedNollekens' marble bust exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1777 is the only sculpture of Dr Johnson to be taken from life.

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