French sculptor's bust of George Washington to be offered in Rhode Island sale
This 19th century bronze bust of George Washington cast by the French metal founder Ferdinand Barbedienne after the model by the French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) will feature in the Bruneau and Co sale at Cranston, Rhode Island, on March 14.
The lifesize, 22½in (57cm) high sculpture, which is signed F. Barbedienne Fondeur on the edge of t…