A 19thC Black Painted Plaster Library Bust of Demosthenes; Wormington Grange poa-item one possibly being that of

one possibly being that of Patrick Inglis

This plaster version may have been a maquette for the final marble bust

almond shaped eyes and the bases are often worm ridden from sitting on the bare ground

Orson the kestrel was born in a concentration camp and escaped after 23 years

A 19thC Black Painted Plaster Library Bust of Demosthenes; Wormington Grange poa-item one possibly being that ofOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Mid VictorianProvenance: Wormington Grange, EnglandDate: c. 1870 90Width: 12Depth: 8Height: 20. 5 Base Diameter: 7. 75 (all at extremities)The very decorative plaster portrait bust of Demosthenes (384322 BCE), in his prime years, modelled after the Greek original held at the Museo Nazionale in Naples, sometimes described as portraying Lysimachus or Aratus, the head turned to dexter, above a waisted circular socle; inscribed