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Roubiliac

/ rubijak /

noun

  1. Roubiliacdzܾ-çǾ?16951762MFrenchARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor dzܾ-çǾ (lwifrɑ̃swa). ?1695–1762, French sculptor: lived chiefly in England: his sculptures include the statue of Handel in Vauxhall Gardens (1737)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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This particular mask was owned by the 18th century French sculptor dzܾ-çǾ Roubiliac, who carved a marble bust of Newton, now located at Trinity College Cambridge.

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The Choir, the Transept, and the Nave, also contain a large amount of sculpture—many specimens in wretched taste, by the side of some of the first works of Flaxman, Chantrey, Roubiliac, Nollekins, Bacon, Westmacott, Gibson, Behnes, and others. 

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The great sculptors Roubiliac and Rysbrach not only constantly preferred it, but brought it into general use among the artists.

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An Inquiry into the History, Authenticity, and Characteristics of the Shakspere Portraits; the death mask   Martin Droeshout's engraving, the Chandos picture, the Janssen, and others of that period; together with the Stratford monument, Roubiliac's, and the one in Westminster Abbey.

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When you turn from Roubiliac's statue of James your eyes rest upon the retired house of Disraeli.

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