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This plaster bust is a copy after an original in marble by William Behnes, dated 1822, now at the National Portrait Gallery, London. London-born Behnes was brought up in Dublin and studied at the Dublin Academy before returning to London, where he continued his studies at the Royal Academy. He became a successful sculptor, mainly producing portrait busts in a cool, unsentimental manner that was well suited to his aristocratic and military sitters. George Tierney was an Anglo-Irish Whig politician, famed for revealing to the public the extent of the Prince Regent’s extravagant spending on the furnishing of Carlton House. This bust was one of a group in plaster which formerly lined the walls of the Fountain Garden at Holland House in West London.
English Heritage, Kenwood
London
Title
George Tierney (1761–1830), PC
Date
1822
Medium
plaster
Measurements
H 63 x W 50 x D 26 cm
Accession number
88308215
Work type
Bust