Sculpture bust of John Dalton
Date
19th century
Sitter
John Dalton (1766 - 1844, British) , Physicist
Creator
Benjamin Cheverton (1794 - 1876, British) , Sculptor
After
Francis Legatt Chantrey (1781 - 1841, British) , Sculptor
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (sculpture): 102mm
width (sculpture): 50mm
depth (sculpture): 45mm
height (pedestal): 90mm
width (pedestal): 58mm
depth (pedestal): 62mm
width (sculpture): 50mm
depth (sculpture): 45mm
height (pedestal): 90mm
width (pedestal): 58mm
depth (pedestal): 62mm
Subject
Description
Miniature bust of John Dalton, head and partial shoulders, head inclined to the left as viewed. On a marble socle.
Crack to left shoulder as viewed.
John Dalton (1766-1844) was a British physicist, chemist and meteorologist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1822.
Crack to left shoulder as viewed.
John Dalton (1766-1844) was a British physicist, chemist and meteorologist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1822.
Object history
Provenance: Donated by Sir William Pope, F.R.S., 1940
The donation is recorded in the Notes and Records of the Royal Society ‘BEQUESTS Sir William Pope, F.R.S. – Council, at their meeting on 2 November, accepted the bequest of two miniature busts, four inches high, of John Dalton and James Watt from the late Sir William Pope. Sir William was very proud of these busts which he acquired some six years ago with the intention of leaving them to the Society. They were carved in ivory by Cheverton after the originals by Sir Francis Chantrey. The original Chantrey bust of Watt was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1815, and a casting was made in Sheffield. The original bust is in the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, and a photograph of it (by Edward Finden) forms the frontispiece to the Life of James Watt, by J. Muirhead, M.A. (Murray, 1858). The original statue of Dalton is in the Manchester Town Hall.’ Notes and Records of the Royal Society, London, Vol 3, 1940-1941, page 5
The donation is recorded in the Notes and Records of the Royal Society ‘BEQUESTS Sir William Pope, F.R.S. – Council, at their meeting on 2 November, accepted the bequest of two miniature busts, four inches high, of John Dalton and James Watt from the late Sir William Pope. Sir William was very proud of these busts which he acquired some six years ago with the intention of leaving them to the Society. They were carved in ivory by Cheverton after the originals by Sir Francis Chantrey. The original Chantrey bust of Watt was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1815, and a casting was made in Sheffield. The original bust is in the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, and a photograph of it (by Edward Finden) forms the frontispiece to the Life of James Watt, by J. Muirhead, M.A. (Murray, 1858). The original statue of Dalton is in the Manchester Town Hall.’ Notes and Records of the Royal Society, London, Vol 3, 1940-1941, page 5
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