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Description: | Front : Bust of Roscoe facing right "WILLIAM ROSCOE"
Reverse : Shrub with three stems, bearing leaves and berries "STASSI IL LAVRO LIETO BORN MDCCLIII / DIED / MDCCCXXXI"
William Roscoe of Liverpool was one of the earliest collectors of Italian primitives in the country. He wrote a life of Lorezno de Medici and was closely associated with the Liverpool Royal Institution. Both Spence and Gibson worked for Messrs Franceys, the Liverpool firm of Statuaries.
For a miniature bust of Roscoe after William Spence see 1981.11
Material: bronze | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.38355 | Go to resource |
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