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BLWA 5
- Record Id:
- 032-003264383
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003264383
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x000340
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100110041967.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- BLWA 5
- Title:
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Replica bust of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton Bt (1571-1631). Artist(s): Roubiliac, Louis Francois (1702-1762), after
- Scope & Content:
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Replica portrait bust of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton Bt (1571-1631) by Louis-François Roubiliac, slightly to left, wearing a doublet, cloak and large ruff, attached to a rectangular painted stone socle of waisted form. Replica given by the Trustees of the British Museum.
Replica made by Leo Stevenson in 1993.
Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631), Statesman, antiquary and founder of the Cotton Library, one of the foundation collections of the British Museum.
Cotton was a landowner, politician and scholar. He made his collection of books and manuscripts — including two original copies of Magna Carta — available for consultation. In 1629 the King ordered the closure of Cotton’s library, which was seen as a threat to Royal power, and Cotton was briefly imprisoned.
Cotton’s son and grandson expanded the collection, ultimately leaving it to Parliament to ‘be kept and preserved … for Publick Use and Advantage’. UNESCO added the Cotton manuscripts to its Memory of the World UK Register in 2018.
Literature: K. A. Esdaile, 'Studies of the English sculptors from Pierce to Chantrey. XIII. Louis François Roubiliac (1695-1762) continued', Architect, 16 June 1922, p. 450; K. A. Esdaile, 'A bust of Sir Robert Cotton', The Times, 13 May 1924; K. A. Esdaile, The Life and Works of Louis François Roubiliac, Oxford and London, 1928, pp. 101, 165, 202; M. Whinney, Sculpture in Britain 1530-1830, rev. ed. John Physick, 1988, pp. 222-3, fig. 158; M. Baker, 'The portrait sculpture', in D. McKitterick (ed.), The Making of the Wren Library, Cambridge, 1995, p. 134.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- BLWA Collection
British Library Works of Art - Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003264383
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003264383
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100110041967.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1757
- End Date:
- 1757
- Date Range:
- 1993
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
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Currently on permanent display in the British Library's front hall.
- Physical Characteristics:
- Replica is made of polyester resin (Norpol 45-50) with various inert fillers and pigments.
- Source of Acquisition:
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Replica presented by the Trustees of the British Museum.
- Information About Originals:
- Original bust by Roubiliac dates to 1757 and is in the Wren Library at Trinity College, Cambridge.
- Material Type:
- Artefacts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)