Joseph Lister, Baron Lister
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Joseph Lister, Baron Lister
by Sir Thomas Brock
Bronze bust, 1927, based on a work of circa 1912-1913
29 1/2 in. x 24 in. (750 mm x 610 mm) overall
NPG 1958a
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In spring 1927 the National Portrait Gallery commissioned the Victoria & Albert Museum’s Department for the Sale of Casts to make a bronze of Thomas Brock’s plaster bust of Joseph Lister, NPG 1958. The cost was £45. [1]
See NPG 1958 for an account of other posthumous portraits of Lister by Brock.
Carol Blackett-Ord
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Bust, head turned slightly to sitter’s left, incised eyeballs, clean-shaven with long whiskers, wearing frock coat, waistcoat and bow tie; on integral square socle.
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