A 19th Century Ebonized Plaster Bust of Marcus Tulles Cicero
$5,900.00
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A Bust of Marcus Tulles Cicero, Roman Consul in 63 B.C. Completed in ebonized plaster circa 1880. Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman statesman, orator, lawyer and philosopher, who served as consul in the year 63 BC. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the Roman equestrian order, and is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists. (Wikipedia)Provenance:Collection of Brigadier General Alfred Douglas Miller (1864-1933) at 25 Great Cumberland Place, LondonAcquired by M. Harris & Sons, London, 1928Purchased from the above and gifted to the Chicago Historical Society, 1933Displayed in the Office of the Mayor of Chicago, Circa 1990-Present
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