George Herbert, the Earl of Pembroke

Maker Richard Westmacott (British, 1775 - 1856)

ClassificationsSCULPTURE

Date1829

Mediummarble

Dimensionsheight: 29 in. (73.7 cm.)

DescriptionThis bust portrays the English general and politician George Herbert (1759–1827), 11th Earl of Pembroke.

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Purchased with funds from the Victoria Coberly Bequest

Status

On view

Label TextIn 1814, Pembroke engaged Westmacott to help with the display of the art at his country estate of Wilton House. When Pembroke died in 1827, the sculptor created his memorial in the local parish church in Wilton, Salisbury. This bust copies the one Westmacott included atop that memorial; the classical drapery and fixed expression on the subject's face perhaps reflects its origin as a tomb sculpture.

Object number95.10

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