Letter from Thomas Windus
Reference code
SAL/01/02/41/44
Title
Letter from Thomas Windus
Date
June 1849
Level of description
item
Scope and content
On the identity of two marble busts in the collections of the British Museum, identifying one as a barbarian named Cradok/Caratacus and the other a Homeric hero.
Mentioned in the minutes for 21 June 1849: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.040.023
The barbarian bust is possibly this herm sculpture: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1973-0327-54
Mentioned in the minutes for 21 June 1849: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.040.023
The barbarian bust is possibly this herm sculpture: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1973-0327-54
Creator
Windus, Thomas (1778-1854), coachbuilder and collector