Portrait bust of William Martin Leake (1777-1860) Finish:Stretched Elliot Easton

Elliot Easton

25th June 1969

The figure is propped up on strings so as to show the inside and outside of the limbs

including the skeleton of a giant human

Portrait bust of William Martin Leake (1777-1860) Finish:Stretched Elliot EastonStudy of a marble sculpture bust of W M Leake, Colonel Leake. The original bust is now in the collections of the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, accession number M. 1 1865. Embossed stamp below, with crown and laurels: 'Mr CLAUDET PHOTOGRAPHER TO THE QUEEN'. Inscribed in pencil lower left: 'From Sir E. Sabine's Collection'. Inscribed in ink verso: 'From a Bust of Behnes executed in 1840 of Lieut. Col: W. Martin Leake F. R. S. b. Janry. 1777 d. Janry 6,