The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-11 00:00:00

SHUGBOROUGH HALL SALE.

FtGuru DA'.-The interest excited by this sale in-
creases as it proceeds, and the galleries have been ex•
cessively crowded during this week.
Tuesday's sale comprised the magnificent works of
art, which fetched exceedingly good prices; the parti-
culars of the principal lots, with the names of the pur-
chasers, will be as follows :-Lot 8. A magnificent
marble bust of Homer, most elaborately and beautifully
sculptured, 'on a small square pedestal, together'29 inches
high, 28/. 75.; Lord Derby. Lot 10. A splendid marble
bust of Shakspeare, with dress, finely sculptured, by
Roubilliac, 21 inches high, 271. Gs.; Lord Derby. Lot
11. The companion bust of Locke, with drapery, also by
Roubilliac, and equally fine, 22 inches high, 65/. 2s. ;
Emery, for Colnaghi. Lot 14. A splendid marble bust
of the Right 'Hon. Charles James Fox, with drapery, a
noble specimen of sculpture, by Nollekens„on small cir-
cular pedestal, together 28 inches high, 210!.; Lord Derby.
Lots 48 and 50. A matchless antique marble life-size
statue of a Youth, with hanging drapery, a truly beauti-
ful specimen of sculpture, and in a fine state of preserva-
tion, 5 feet 2 inches high, 157/. los. ; Buchanan. Lots
49 and 51. A ditto, the companion statue, lire-size' of
'Thalia, the drapery finely pourtrayed, an equally splendid
specimen of antique sculpture, 4 feet 9 • inches high,
157/. 10s. ; Norton. Lot 60. A splendid antique warble
figure, representing Venus seated, of beautiful fortn,-dis-
playing most wonderfully the symmetry and proportions
ef the female figure, 4 feet it inches high, mounted on a
square black marble pedestal, 1 foot 4 inches high, 50!.
Bs. ; Webb. Lot 61. The companion figure, equally
beautiful, representing one of the Muses seated in medi-
tation, clothed in drapery, finely sculptured, 4 feet 2
inches high, and mounted on a square black tnarlile
pedestal, 1 toot 4 inches high, 921. Bs. ; Farrar. Lot 63.
A singularly fine antique marble Roman sarcophagus,
most elaborately and finely sculptured, in bold relict',
representing winged angels, with chariots and horses,
and a frieze with armed tnen and horses, 4 feet
1 inch wide and 1 foot 7 inch.: s high and two
square stone pedestals to support it, 40/..195. ; Wrbb.
Lot. 75. A magnificent antique marble statue of Neptune,
ith the dolphin and trident, the size of life, pourtinying
with wonderful power and effect the extraordinary
imagination and art of the ancient sculptors ; it is 5 feet
3 inches high, and is in an extraordinarily tine state of
preservation, also a square imitative stone pedestal, 1
foot 9 inches high, 48/ 6s. ; Woodin. Lot 7G. An
equally splendid marble statue of the Young Bacchus
with a satyr, the size of Life ; the form most beautifully
developed, and the finish evincing the highest power of
the sculptor ; it is in a fine state of preservation, 4 feet
6 inches high, and mounted on an imitative stone pe-
destal, 2 feet 6 inches high, 52/. los. ; Webb. Lot 77.
A very tine antique marble statue of a youth with a vase
in his hand, lire size, and ..xhibiting the vast knowledge
or symmetry of the ancient. sculptors, 5 feet 2 inches
high, on an imitative stone pedestal, 1 foot 8 inches high,
541 ; Colonel Anson. Lot 78. A truly beautiful
antique marble statue, the size of life, of Paris with the
Apple, the figure displaying the finest, symmetry and
prop( or with a hanging drapery, 5 feet 2 inches high,
on an imitative steno pedestal, I foot S inches high,
52/. los. Farrar Lot 79. An equally charming antique,
marble statue, I:fe size, of Venus from the bath, the
figure pourtraycd with the utmost chasteness and clothed
in drapery, 5 feet 3 legit, and an imitative.stene pedestal,
1 foot 8 high, 89/. 10s. , Webb. Lot 80.. An extremely'
beautiful marble statue of Bacchus, the size of life, fitoni
the antique, sculptured in the cutest style of Nollekens,
5 feet 3 high, and an imitative stone pedestal, 1 foot
3 high, 157/. 10s. ; Arteria. Lot 90.. A truly niagniti-
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teagctutid:bernyolol tiNfxol,lliaeigutitts•e*'c; ulp:ure, the life-size group of
sitsa.t.,uafry nyarhle, copiedd frotu.
vet 4 high, and ratq
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ranked as one of the finest efforts of this renowned
English sculptor ; also a stone pedestal, 2 feet 4 high,
320/. ; BrOwne.
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