Thomas Molyneux-Seel (d.1869)
Italian (Roman) School
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1824
Materials
Marble
Place of origin
Rome
Order this imageCollection
Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk
NT 1210517
Summary
Marble, Thomas Molyneux Seel (d.1869), Italian (Roman) School, inscribed on reverse truncation ROMA 1824. A portrait bust of Thomas Molyneux Seel, paired with a companion bust of Agnes Bedingfeld, Mrs Molyneux Seel (NT 1210481). Both busts were commissioned during the couple's honeymoon in Rome in 1824.
Provenance
By descent from Edmund Molyneux Seel (1824-1909) to Dr Edmund Carr-Saunders (1931-2022), from whom on loan to the National Trust 1977-2022, bequeathed to the National Trust 2022.
Marks and inscriptions
Reverse, truncation: ROMA 1824
Makers and roles
Italian (Roman) School, sculptor