Also, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art has numerous study reproductions.
You may want to check with them for leads.


>From: Laura Hansen <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Plaster (Chalkware) Bust Research Help
>Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 17:14:41 -0400
>
>What you may have are plaster casts that were made in the nineteenth
>century to serve as teaching aids to students who were unlikely to see the
>originals in the course of their studies.  When that type of teaching went
>out of fashion most museums scrapped them, as they were to them, fairly
>recent casts and not all that valuable.  The Victoria and Albert Museum in
>London has a large collection of these, as they didn't follow the
>convention of smashing them.  As a result, their collection has been used
>in modern times to repair some originals damaged by the environment, etc.
>You might want to check with curators there.
>
>Laura Hansen
>NMAH
>
> >>> [log in to unmask] 04/12/01 05:06PM >>>
>Here at Redcliffe Plantation we have a collection of plaster busts we
>believe were purchased in Europe during the nineteenth century.  Apart from
>that we don't know anything about the busts and we are having a tough time
>researching them.  Any references or information would be appreciated.
>Fielding Freed
>
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