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A marble bust of her husband by Joseph is also in the Museum's collection (inv.no. A.67-1965). Samuel Joseph (1791-1850) was one of the founding members of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1826, and exhibited there from 1827 until 1844. He worked in London as well as Edinburgh. He specialised in portrait busts, but also executed funerary monuments, such as the one to William Wilberforce in Westminster Abbey. However, he never achieved the recognition or commissions he arguably deserved, and died almost penniless.","physicalDescription":"Marble, bust. The subject looks downwards, with half closed eyes and slightly to her right. Her hair is elaborately dressed in curls and ringlets and in a plaited band across the crown of her head. 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