Laurence Sterne (1713-68) was a writer and curator of the Coxwolds, Yorkshire and author of the humorous 'Tristram Shandy' (1759) and 'A Sentimental Journey (1768). His work, filled with obscene language and ridicule of public figures, earned him both celebrity and scorn in literary circles. This marble bust was sculpted by Joseph Nollekens, dated 1766.

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