A 19thC Black Painted Plaster Library Bust of Demosthenes; Wormington Grange sub-Architectural & Garden Greens and pinks have been

Greens and pinks have been used as though the ground is the night sky

and the whole is stable

A very evocative piece in wondrous aged condition

The jacket he wears is a very simplified version of the usual jacket

Showing just the right doses of character

A 19thC Black Painted Plaster Library Bust of Demosthenes; Wormington Grange sub-Architectural & Garden Greens and pinks have beenOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Mid VictorianProvenance: Wormington Grange, EnglandDate: c. 1870 90Width: 12Depth: 8Height: 20. 5 Base Diameter: 7. 75 (all at extremities)The very decorative plaster portrait bust of Demosthenes (384322 BCE), in his prime years, modelled after the Greek original held at the Museo Nazionale in Naples, sometimes described as portraying Lysimachus or Aratus, the head turned to dexter, above a waisted circular socle; inscribed