John Cheere (1709 - 87) The Man at Hyde Park Corner.

  A Mid 18th Century  Lead Bust of a Gentleman. on a White Statuary Marble Socle. Here attributed to John Cheere. On Sale at Dreweatts Auctioneers of Newbury Formerly the property of the Hon. Stephen Tennant, sold at the Sotheby's sale of 1993. The Heim Gallery, London who had acquired it from Tennant or his estate. Offered at Mallam's Abingdon Saleroom, Lot 686, 19 July 2021, when it was suggested that it was described as -    "John Cheere, bust of Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, lead, mounted on a marble plinth,   50 wide x 23.5 deep x 70cm high overall   Provenance: Formerly the property of the Hon. Stephen Tennant   Purchased from The Heim Gallery, London who had acquired it from Tennant or his estate   Bust on a marble Socle, unsigned. 60cm high, 72cm high overall. This bust has appeared in the sale rooms several times already but has remained unsold. see my post of 30 November 2021. https://bathartandarchitecture.blo...

  A monumental Enoch Wood pearlware figure of Demosthenes, circa 1790-1810. Height 48.3 cms. Bonhams, saleroom, London, Lot 260, 18 June 2024. The Athenian orator, his papers and a quill resting on a pedestal to his left painted to simulate marble, with a relief panel depicting Hermes above a smaller figure of Demosthenes on a cliffside overlooking ships at sea, the base picked out in cobalt blue, 48.3cm high Footnotes: A similar figure with impressed mark 'E Wood' was sold by Bonhams on 20 October 2009, lot 122. Another marked example from the Glaisher Bequest is in the Fitzwilliam Museum (inv. no.C.900-1928), where it is noted that the figure had been previously identified as St Paul and also as Eloquence.  However, the model would appear to be after a plaster figure of Demosthenes by John Cheere. See Pat Halfpenny, English Earthenware Figures 1740-1840 (1991), pp.159-62 for further discussion of the source of this impressive model. For further information on this lo...