ϒ Benjamin Cheverton (1796 - 1876) after Matthew Noble (1817 - 1876), a carved ivory portrait bust of Lord John Elphinstone (1807 - 1860), portrayed in later years and togate, his head turned a little to dexter, inscribed LORD ELPHINSTONE to the truncation at the reverse and M NOBLE Sc. above the waisted socle; on a marmo giallo di Siena plinth with square base, 24cm high overal Although Cheverton described himself as an 'artist' he is best remembered for his miniature reproductions of the works of others. Building upon James Watt's earlier experiments, Cheverton with the assistance of John Isaac Hawkins (1772-1855), perfected a machine that could carve sculpture to reduced dimensions. It was perfected for commercial use in 1836 (around the same time that a similar device was publicised in France by Achille Collas . In 1841 The Era reported the exhibition of 'specimens of Cheverton's beautiful mechanical sculpture' (May 16) at a conversazione held by the President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and at the same event the following year The Times (June 6, 1842) noted 'exquisite copies mechanically executed in metal and in ivory after Bertel Thorvaldsen and Francis Chantrey.' He also produced a reduced version of the Clytie in the British Museum.In 1844, when living at Pratt Street, Camden Town, he took out a patent on 'improvements in machinery for cutting wood and other materials' (The London Journal of Arts and Sciences and Repertory of Patent Inventions, 1844, 74) after which Cheverton began to produce reductions in earnest. Hundreds of exquisitely detailed ivory reproductions of works by the great sculptors of the day, including Nollekens, Roubiliac, Joseph Durham Sir John Steell Matthew Noble as in this case and other great sculptors of the time were created ϒ Indicates that this lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. Please see our Terms & Conditions for more information.
ϒ Benjamin Cheverton (1796 - 1876) after Matthew Noble (1817 - 1876), a carved ivory portrait bust of Lord John Elphinstone (1807 - 1860), portrayed in later years and togate, his head turned a little to dexter, inscribed LORD ELPHINSTONE to the truncation at the reverse and M NOBLE Sc. above the waisted socle; on a marmo giallo di Siena plinth with square base, 24cm high overal Although Cheverton described himself as an 'artist' he is best remembered for his miniature reproductions of the works of others. Building upon James Watt's earlier experiments, Cheverton with the assistance of John Isaac Hawkins (1772-1855), perfected a machine that could carve sculpture to reduced dimensions. It was perfected for commercial use in 1836 (around the same time that a similar device was publicised in France by Achille Collas . In 1841 The Era reported the exhibition of 'specimens of Cheverton's beautiful mechanical sculpture' (May 16) at a conversazione held by the President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and at the same event the following year The Times (June 6, 1842) noted 'exquisite copies mechanically executed in metal and in ivory after Bertel Thorvaldsen and Francis Chantrey.' He also produced a reduced version of the Clytie in the British Museum.In 1844, when living at Pratt Street, Camden Town, he took out a patent on 'improvements in machinery for cutting wood and other materials' (The London Journal of Arts and Sciences and Repertory of Patent Inventions, 1844, 74) after which Cheverton began to produce reductions in earnest. Hundreds of exquisitely detailed ivory reproductions of works by the great sculptors of the day, including Nollekens, Roubiliac, Joseph Durham Sir John Steell Matthew Noble as in this case and other great sculptors of the time were created ϒ Indicates that this lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. Please see our Terms & Conditions for more information.
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