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THBPlaster Plaque of the Parthenon, Attributed to John Henning
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LiveOct 29, 2025
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- Lot Description
With a partially indiscernible inscription.
18 1/2 x 4 ft. 8 1/4 in. framed.
Note from the British Museum: In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, classical sculpture was so popular that a trade in plaster casts of the sculptures also developed. The casts were used in country houses and art academies as decoration and for study.
Copies of the famous sculptures from the Parthenon were made by John Henning (1771-1851), who came to London from Paisley in Scotland in 1811. Henning was one of the first artists to gain access to Lord Elgin's collection of marble sculptures from Greece, which were displayed in a makeshift museum on the corner of Park Lane and Piccadilly in London. Henning was struck by the beauty of the sculptures from the Parthenon frieze and asked for permission to draw and model them. Having made careful drawings, he sculpted miniature replicas in ivory. But this proved unsatisfactory, so Henning carved versions in slate as sunken impressions, from which raised versions were then cast in white plaster.
Henning and his son John Henning Junior (1802-57) later became well known for carving a partial replica of the Parthenon frieze around the Atheneum, the gentleman's club in Waterloo Place, London, in 1828. The previous year they had completed a frieze loosely based on that of the Parthenon for the so-called Screen at Hyde Park Gate.Condition
In good overall condition, with minor warping, scattered small age splits, light staining, and a few very small surface losses to the plaster. The frame in good condition with minor seam separation at one corner, and a few small age splits.
Notwithstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.
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