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№ 1363

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6 December 2012

Hammer Price:
£120

Italy, Pius VII, Chiaramonti, 1814, a framed gilt metal cliché of the obv. of T. Webb's medal, bust left, wearing cap, cope and stole, 52mm (cf. Bramsen 2275; Patrignani 62; Lincoln 2043). Good very fine; in gilt metal border and set in black papiermaché frame, this with its original label £60-80

The label reads, ‘A Finely Executed Likeness of Pope Pius VII by Webb from an admired Marble Bust sculptured by Milhomme, at Rome, in 1808, now in the possession of the Rt. Rev. Dr. Milner – Manufactured by Hardman & Lewis, Birmingham’