George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover, MP, FRS, FSA (1797-1833) (by Bertel Thorvaldsen)
after Bertel Thorvaldsen (Gronnegade 1770 – Copenhagen 1844)
Category
Photographs
Date
1948
Materials
Photographic paper
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 888061
Summary
Photograph of the original cast of a bust of young man with curly hair, George Agar Ellis, first Lord Dover, modelled by Thorvaldsen in Rome in 1817 when Lord Dover was 20 years old. c.1948 On inventory card it is noted that this photograph is 'Accompanied by letter from Curator of Thorvaldsen's Museum in original envelope'.
Provenance
A gift from the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
(stamped on reverse bottom left) Thorvaldsens Museum
Makers and roles
after Bertel Thorvaldsen (Gronnegade 1770 – Copenhagen 1844), sculptor