A Victorian painted plaster bust of Lord Melbourne, after the original by John Francis (1780-1861), the statesman with classically draped shoulders on a turned socle, incised to verso: Lord Viscount Melbourne - 6 November 1836 / John Francis. Height 75 cm. Provenance: Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, Fine Furniture and Decorative Arts, 4 May 2010, lot 338. Contents of Swanton, Sutton Forest