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Bust of Francis Bourgeois

Prosperi, Christopher (Cristoforo)c.1800

Dulwich Picture Gallery

Dulwich Picture Gallery
London, United Kingdom

This bust may derive from the portrait by Beechey or from one of the copies from it made by Bourgeois. In her Will dated 19 April 1813 Mrs Desenfans bequeathed to the Master, Warden and Fellows of Dulwich College, to be 'placed and preserved in the Mausoleum attached to the same college, viz: two Marble Busts one of my said dear Husband Noel Joseph Desenfans and the other of the said Sir Peter Francis Bourgeois'. The bodies of Bourgeois and Desenfans were placed in the Mausoleum in March 1815.

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  • Title: Bust of Francis Bourgeois
  • Date Created: c.1800
  • Physical Dimensions: w310 x h490 cm
  • Type: Sculpture
  • Medium: Marble
  • Work Nationality: English
  • Provenance: Mrs Desenfans bequest, 1814.
  • Artist: Prosperi, Christopher (Cristoforo)
  • Acquisition Method: Desenfans, Mrs Margaret (Bequest, 1814)
Dulwich Picture Gallery

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