Victorian Bust of Lord Melbourne by John Francis
A Victorian painted plaster bust of Lord Melbourne, after the original by John Francis (1780-1861), the statesman with classically draped shoulders on a turned socle, incised to verso: Lord Viscount Melbourne - 6 November 1836 / John Francis. Height 29.53 in. Provenance: Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, Fine Furniture and Decorative Arts, 4 May 2010, lot 338. Contents of Swanton, Sutton Forest
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- Socle - The short plinth, usually cylindrical, that serves as a pedestal for a sculpture or vase
- Incised - A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.
- Verso - Verso is the "back" side of a sheet of paper, art work, coin or medal. The front side is "recto".
- Victorian Period - The Victorian period of furniture and decorative arts design covers the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901. There was not one dominant style of furniture in the Victorian period. Designers used and modified many historical styles such as Gothic, Tudor, Elizabethan, English Rococo, Neoclassical and others, although use of some styles, such as English Rococo and Gothic tended to dominate the furniture manufacture of the period.
The Victorian period was preceded by the Regency and William IV periods, and followed by the Edwardian period, named for Edward VII (1841 – 1910) who was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India for the brief period from 1901 until his death in 1910.
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