Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)

Joseph Nollekens

first modeled 1766 · Marble · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The classicizing bust of the author of the celebrated Tristram Shandy, who sat for Nollekens in Rome, is said to have launched the sculptor's career. Nollekens sold replicas as independent portraits, or paired, as here, with his bust of Alexander Pope.

Artist

Joseph Nollekens

Date

first modeled 1766

Medium

Marble

Culture

British

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Purchase, John T. Dorrance Jr. Gift, in memory of Elinor Dorrance Ingersoll, 1979