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William Roscoe was a famous Liverpudlian – lawyer, banker abolitionist MP – and a public man who promoted his city's cultural development as well as being a man of letters and an art collector.
This bust is similar to the small marble bust in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG 4147), which is possibly a reduced version of the bust exhibited by Spence at the Liverpool Academy in 1813. This bronze is probably one of the editions of half a dozen issued in about 1820.
Title
William Roscoe (1753–1831)
Date
before 1850
Medium
bronze
Measurements
H 14.7 x W 8.3 x D 6.6 cm
Accession number
1981.11
Acquisition method
purchased, 1981
Work type
Bust
Signature/marks description
verso: Published by Edward Flower, Liverpool, modelled by Spence
Manchester Art Gallery
Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester M2 3JL England
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Reverend H. McNeile (1795–1879) Walker Art Gallery -
William Roscoe (1753–1831) Walker Art Gallery -
William Roscoe (1753–1831) Liverpool Central Library -
William Roscoe (1753–1831) Manchester Art Gallery -
William Roscoe (1753–1831) Victoria Gallery & Museum -
William Roscoe (1753–1831) National Portrait Gallery, London