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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 2114625, member: 5833&quot;]So, same subject, different rendering?&nbsp; I&#039;d need to have them in front of me to feel really sure one way or the other.&nbsp; I know my eyes often fool my brain.&nbsp; I&#039;m trying to look with your eyes.&nbsp; Don&#039;t know if this will help answer the question:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]250616[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems the 3-D busts had to be designed from the 2-D engraving.&nbsp; The <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp03155/thomas-moore" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp03155/thomas-moore" rel="nofollow">National Portrait Gallery</a> does not include either in their collection.&nbsp; It&#039;s really too bad the Seidenberg description does not include a photo of the back, since the hair there would have to be the invention of the modeler.&nbsp; If the busts are from 2 different molds, the curls at the crown would surely be different.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tom seems to have been quite a character:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.historyireland.com/18th-19th-century-history/another-side-of-thomas-moore/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.historyireland.com/18th-19th-century-history/another-side-of-thomas-moore/" rel="nofollow">https://www.historyireland.com/18th-19th-century-history/another-side-of-thomas-moore/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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