Artist: Baily, Edward Hodges, sculptor - British sculptor, 1788-1867; Date(s): 1851; Classification(s): sculpture, bust, carving, white marble, carved; Acquisition: given by Friends of William Smyth, 1851, Given to the University by a group of William Smyth's friends (Professor of Modern History, 1807-1849), to be placed in the Fitzwilliam Museum, 1851 [M.1-1851]
Description: Bust. White marble, posthumous. The sitter is turned and facing front, looking slightly left. He is bare-headed, with long, thick hair and side whiskers. He wears a waistcoat, with neck cloth tied in a bow.