[Frontispiece to "Hints to J. Nollekens, Esq. R.A."] / J.S. f.
[London?] : Published by R. Spencer, 19th July 1808.
Six lines of caption verse below image: "And now the point of dress adjusted / Methinks I see his Lordship busted / And with the Cross of Peter graced / Between his quondam Colleagues placed / Propose with theirs to join his pate / And form a Bust-Triumvirate. / JSf / published by R Spencer / 19th July 1808."
Print issued separately and as a folded frontispiece to a pamphlet entitled "Hints to J. Nollekens, Esq. R.A. on his modelling a bust of Lord G******le" (London : R. Spencer, 1808).
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Folding plate to 'Hints [ut supra] ... on his modelling a bust of Lord G ****** le' (a verse satire). Nollekens (three-quarter length) stands in back view placing a bust of Grenville on a shelf at the level of his head, between the busts of Pitt (left) and Fox (right). Grenville's eyes are slits; round his neck is a rosary with a cross. Pitt's head, turned to the right, looks over his shoulder at Grenville with a puckered brow ('dignified disgust'). Fox gazes to the left. Two other busts (right and left) on brackets look down with displeasure at Grenville. On an upper shelf is a group of antique busts, their expressions registering surprise or cynical amusement. With them is an oval medallion of a monk kneeling before a cross. Below, flanking Nollekens, are two marbles from his collection of antiques: a seated satyr (left) and a much-damaged torso inscribed 'ΑπΟΛΛωΝΙΟS ΝΕSΤOROS.
Spencer, R., publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.